Season 13 of Dancing With The Stars may not be a complete loss after all! Derek Hough has confirmed that he will be back for Season 13!

The blonde hottie took a break from the last season of Dancing With The Stars so that he could concentrate on a new film role in the independent dance movie Cobu 3D and he’s ready to come back:

“When we’re doing the show we’re in the bubble and we get into the stress and the drama and all of the behind the scenes stuff,” Hough says. “It was good for me to take a season off and see what the audience sees. It gave me a new boost and inspiration to want to do some great things.”

But that doesn’t mean he is done with movie-making. It gave him the opportunity to:

“push myself and introduce me to a career I’d love to do more. It was a fantastic experience.”

I, for one, am ecstatic that Derek Hough will be back on Dancing With The Stars. He’s not only the consummate professional he has a fabulous sense of humor and is just a joy to watch.

Are you happy Derek is coming back to Dancing With The Stars?