Derek Hough, who currently serves as a judge on NBC’s dance competition series "World of Dance,” is the only six-time champion in franchise history of the ABC series “Dancing with the Stars” and a New York Times bestselling author. His stage performances include Radio City Music Hall’s “Spring Spectacular,” co-starring Tony Award-winning Laura Benanti, and the critically acclaimed production of “Footloose,” which he starred on London's West End. He also starred with Jennifer Hudson, Ariana Grande, Martin Short and Harvey Fierstein in NBC’s “Hairspray Live!” Hough recently wrapped his first solo national tour, “Derek Hough Live: The Tour,” which played in nearly 60 sold-out venues around the country. Earlier this year, Derek Hough signed a first-look producing deal for both scripted and alternative programming with Universal Television.