Derek Hough is very open for Mark Ballas returning as a permanent judge on Dancing With the Stars. “I’m absolutely here for it,” Hough, 39, exclusively told Us Weekly following week 5 of Dancing With the Stars on Tuesday5.

Dancing with the Stars’ guest judge Mark Ballas tells Fox News Digital he was one of the first calls that fellow alum Derek Hough made when they learned of his wife’s tragic brain surgery news.

Derek Hough and his wife, Hayley Erbert Hough, had the judges, hosts and audience in tears with their moving performance to “Beautiful Things (Acoustic)” by Benson Boone. The dance celebrated her return to the ballroom after her brain surgery.