‘DWTS’ Champ Derek Hough To Join ‘High School Musical: The Musical: The Series’

ByAnne Sewell
Derek Hough

It seems East High is set to experience a real challenge in the future. Derek Hough, champion of  Dancing With The Stars, is joining High School Musical: The Musical: The Series on the Disney+ channel.

As dance fans will know, Derek has been a champion on Dancing With the Stars on six occasions and also acts as a judge on World of Dance. Now his fans will get to see him in the popular musical series.

Derek Hough joins season 2 of ‘High School Musical: The Musical: The Series’

While Hough’s fans will be pleased to see him on the Disney+ show,  students at East High are likely to have their work cut out. Derek’s character will be working in the drama department of North High, their biggest rival. However, a little competition never did anyone any harm.

Hough will be playing the role of Zack, Miss Jenn’s (Kate Reinders) former boyfriend. Deadline describes his character as a “charming but sneaky actor.” Zack has returned to Salt Lake to become a drama teacher at the school. Things can only get interesting from there on!

About ‘High School Musical: The Musical: The Series’ season 2

The show is set at East High School, where the drama club is working on the school’s first production of High School Musical: The Musical. This musical series features school romances, friendships and rivalries as the students learn about the transformative power of high school theater.

All ten episodes of season 1 covered the count-down from students going through their auditions, through to the opening night of their show, “Beauty and the Beast.”

This Disney+ series was created and is executive-produced by Tim Federle. Other cast members include Joshua Bassett, Olivia Rodrigo, Sofia Wylie, Matt Cornett, Julia Lester, Larry Saperstein, Frankie A. Rodriguez, Dara René and Mark St. Cyr.

What has Derek Hough been up to recently?

Besides being a six-time winner on Dancing With The Stars, Derek doesn’t sit around. He also acts as one of the judges on World of Dance, alongside Jennifer Lopez and Ne-Yo. The NBC show is about to enter its fourth season.

On top of this, in June he will start a Las Vegas residency at the Flamingo Las Vegas in “Derek Hough: No Limit.” Hough has also had a starring role on “Hairspray Live!” on NBC and a recurring role on Nashville as Noah West.

As yet, there is no set date for the premiere of Season 2 of the series. However, as can be seen from the teaser video below, that new season is already in production.

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