Unfortunately, Marriann has been quite busy and so we haven’t been able to do what we would have liked.  We’ll see how this goes in the future.

In the meantime, I’ve partnered with a real fan of Derek to create a site dedicated to Derek Hough. If you’re a fan of Derek I think you’ll love that site. It stays very updated on everything Derek Hough is doing including a lot of pictures of Derek Hough available on the internet (or at least close to that).

Just to get an idea, check out some of these incredible pictures of Derek Hough:
Derek Hough and Shannon Elizabeth in Bora Bora
Derek Hough and Lil’ Kim TV Guide Pictures
Derek Hough and Cheryl Burke on the Beach
Derek Hough and Lil’ Kim TV Guide Photo Shoot Interview

Enjoy all those updates on Derek Hough!!

Here’s a quick look at all the music that was used by Derek on Season 8 of Dancing with the Stars. I’ll update the list as I go for those interested in knowing the songs used on Dancing with the Stars. You can find the other Dancing with the Stars music here.

Dancing with the Stars Music – Season 8

Derek Hough and Lil’ Kim danced:
DWTS Week 1 – Cha-Cha-Cha to the song “Nasty”—Janet Jackson

DWTS Week 2 – Quickstep to the song “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend”—Marilyn Monroe

DWTS Week 3 – Samba to the song “Remedio P’al Corazon”—Alberto Plaza

DWTS Week 4 – Argentine Tango to the song “Taquito Militar”—Conjunto Tipico Del Tango

DWTS Week 5 – Viennese Waltz to the song “I’ll Be”—Edwin McCain

DWTS Week 6 – Jive to the song “Jailhouse Rock”—Elvis Presley

DWTS Week 7 – Rumba to the song “Lost Without U”—Robin Thicke

DWTS Week 8 – Paso Doble to the song “El gato montes”—Manuel Penella

DWTS Week 8 – Team Tango danced to the song “Womanizer”—Britney Spears

DWTS Week 9 – Lil’ Kim & Derek danced a Waltz to the song “When I Need You”—Leo Sayer Amazon MP3

DWTS Week 9 – Lil’ Kim & Derek danced a Salsa to the song “Por Arriba, Por Abajo”—Ricky Martin Amazon MP3

I’m sure most of you saw the premiere of Dancing with the Stars last night. Derek Hough is paired with Lil’ Kim and they led off the show with a Cha-Cha-Cha to a Janet Jackson song called “Nasty.” Download MP3 on Amazon Derek and Lil’ Kim received a score of 21 for their cha-cha-cha. The call in number for Derek and Lil’ Kim is 800-VOTE4-01 (800-86834-01) and the text number for AT&T subscribers is 3401.

Julianne Hough is paired with Chuck Wicks. Julianne and Chuck performed a Waltz to the song “Are You Lonesome Tonight?” by Elvis Presley Download MP3 on Amazon. They received a score of 20 for their waltz. The call in number for Julianne and Chuck is 800-VOTE4-06 (800-86834-06) and the text number for AT&T subscribers is 3406.

If you didn’t vote last night, then please vote for Julianne and Derek next week.

As promised (although a little late), here are a few of the pictures from backstage before the Dancing with the Stars finale.

More pictures to come from behind the scenes. A couple pictures a day for the next few days should be good, right?

Don’t forget to enter to win a signed copy of Julianne’s Holiday CD. We’ll be giving them away really soon. You might as well go out and buy the CD now. If you win the contest, then you can just give the CD to someone you love as a nice Christmas gift.

Happy Holidays!

Thanksgiving was great. We have another day to go to the indoor gocarts, La Reve, and a birthday party for Julianne’s sister Marabeth at the Palazzo in Vegas with the family and People magazine.

I am very proud and was so excited to be at the show this week after flying in from Nashville and Driving to California from Vegas to see Derek Dance and take the trophy tuesday night.

Derek unfortunately could not be with us for Thanksgiving. His rigorous schedule is keeping him so busy. Tuesday night Derek flew on a private plane to New York for Good Morning America and some other talk shows the following day.

He flew back from NY to CA Thanksgiving day and has to be in the studio friday to rehearse with the band and start rehearsing to go on tour with dancing with the stars. His schedule is up at 4 AM, meeting, talking and playing for the radio stations. Then, that night performing for dancing with the stars, and then play at a venue with his band after the show for a couple of hours. Then, start the next day, up at four and same schedule for 5 days a week for two months. I’ll see him either in Vegas or in Nashville.

I’ll start uploading a few pictures from backstage on Dancing with the Stars later tonight or tomorrow.

It’s been quite a while since Marriann or myself have been able to post. We’re both going through moves of our family and so it’s been quite busy. Enough with the apologies.

I talked with Marriann today and she had a number of comments about Julianne’s elimination on the show last night. Obviously Marriann was sad to see Julianne eliminated, but she kind of saw it coming considering the scores they received. Marriann told me that Julianne was just sad for Cody since Cody had been working so hard. However, both Marriann and Julianne are cheering on Derek and Brooke and hope they take home the trophy.

Marriann also wanted to share a few thoughts about Brooke. She told me she thinks Brooke is a really hard worker and very serious in her approach to the competition, but still a mom. Marriann is excited to see Derek and Brooke perform in the finals and thinks they have a very good chance.

On a different note, Marriann and I are putting together a contest with a few special giveaways just in time for the Holidays. Check back soon for details of the contest.

Finally, you’ll have a chance to see Derek at one of the Dancing with the Stars tour dates and locations.

Note from John: I previously posted some things that are the same as this post, but Marriann gives some more details about it all.

Well, I spent most of the day yesterday getting my tires changed. I was going to change them three trips ago. Traveling back and forth from Vegas to L.A. for Dancing with the Stars does a number on the wear and tear of the car.

This friday in People magazine, Julianne will be talking about her endometriosis with pictures of her and her puppy (I’m in there too). Her puppy has been on antibiotics but after three weeks it seemed the medicine was also making her tummy hurt.

For all the animal lovers, which all the Hough kids are! You might be interested that we put Julianne’s puppy on a different brand of dog food. We are giving her vitamins and it has really seemed to help.

I was so proud of Derek and Brooke. They looked great Monday night. Derek choreograghed two dances one for Brooke and one for the team. He did a great job in both dances. I loved the blue costumes for the paso. And amidst all the teaching and practices, Derek spent two weeks every night after practice to decorate Shannon’s house for a Halloween party and scavenger hunt. The decorations were amazing. Lasers, smoke, spider webs, hanging skeletons, D.J. and dancing, it was a great success. Derek loves holidays. I always made holidays and birthdays a big deal. It’s fun to see the tradition carried on.

I am going to the results show tonight. I’m hoping to have dinner with Derek after the show. He is so busy after the show he goes to the studio with the band and works on their album that will be released in March. The band will be going on tour in December promoting the album. I am so excited. Their music has a very unique sound that distinguishes them from other bands. They are great musicians. Derek’s schedule is so busy but he loves what he does.

Julianne and I watched the show on T.V. Julianne thought the dance was great and beautiful. I loved the dress Brooke was wearing. After the result show, the dancers get their new music for the next week and they (Derek) design the costume they will be wearing usually that same night. The wardrobe team works 24 hrs. around the clock until Saturday. The dancers and Stars come for a fitting and Sunday they make any adjustments for Monday and even Monday they sometimes are making last minute alterations. I Salute the wardrobe team because they really work hard on a limited budget. I sew and I appreciate their work!

Til next time!

Sending pictures soon.
Marriann

Today I gave Marriann a call to get her reaction to Derek’s perfect score on tonight’s show. Marriann told me that she loved Derek’s foxtrot tonight and especially liked the costumes. She said that she watched it with Julianne at Julianne’s place. Marriann told me that Julianne described Derek’s dance as beautiful and great. Julianne was proud of both Derek and Cody.

Marriann also wanted to let everyone know that Derek choreographed the Paso Doble group number.

Marriann told me a little bit about a Halloween party that Derek and Shannon had at Shannon’s house. Marriann said that she always made a big deal on Holidays and so Derek seems to have carried it on. She described Derek and Shannon decorating the house like a haunted house with lasers, smoke and the whole 9 yards.

Sounds like a fun Halloween. Of course, I forgot to ask her if she took any pictures of the event. I can’t imagine that she’d go to such a nice party and not take at least a few pictures. We’ll see if she has any that we can post in the future.

Nice to see that even amidst all the dancing and singing the Derek’s doing he can still take some time out for some fun on the Holidays.

Sorry for the simple update. More updates coming soon.

I’ve been in touch with Marriann and she is doing well. You can imagine that she’s concerned about the health of Julianne and her other daughters. However, she seemed in good spirits. She hasn’t had much time to write about what’s going on or upload pictures with all that’s been going on (imagine that), but I thought it might be worth reposting some of what Julianne posted on her fancast blog.

Actually what happened is last week was more than just a tummy ache. Obviously. It turned out I ruptured a cyst that was on my ovary. I didn’t’ know but I have endometriosis. I’ve apparently had it for a long time because I’ve had this pain for about the last five years. It hasn’t been as bad. Up till last week, I let it go and I was always too busy to get it checked out. But because it happened when I was on set, they made me go to the doctor.

They want to clean out the cysts and take out my appendix, too, because later on it can be affected by the cysts. Endometriosis is a common thing for women. I was like “thanks mom for giving me my great life – and endometriosis.” I said that jokingly. My sister who has five children is going in for the same surgery in a couple weeks.

Julianne also wrote about a possible Hough versus Hough finale that I’m sure Marriann would also love to see. Can you imagine the joy of a mother if that happens?

A few people have written in to this blog about wanting a Hough vs. Hough final, and I think that would be great fun. I hope it happens! Brooke has been a frontrunner from the beginning, and I think Cody has shown what this show is about. We’ll see.

Finally, Julianne wrote about how much help her mom has been for her:

As for the next week or so, my mom is going to take good care of me. She’s been with me for almost a month. Something seems to happen every week where I need her to stay. She’s been awesome.

I’m sure that many Derek fans are interested in the status of Derek and his injury practicing for Dancing with the Stars. Brooke wrote her take on what happened on her blog. Marriann (Derek’s mom) is in California right now so she can be at tonight’s show and so I called her to get an update on Derek’s health.

Marriann told me that while Derek was practicing he fell back and hit some band equipment. She said he fell on his back and hurt his neck. Marriann was of course worried for her son, especially since this isn’t the first time that’s it’s happened.

Marriann does massage and so it’s a good thing she’s in California with Derek. She said she needs to get in there and do a good massage on his neck and back. Always the mother.

Last night Derek and the Hough family went to a thing at Disneyland for Miley Cyrus, but he wasn’t feeling very good and so he went home early.

The good news is that Marriann said he will be performing on tonight’s show.

Marriann also said that tomorrow’s show includes something very exciting for her as a mother. Remember to vote tonight!

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