On September 22 , 2013 , for the first time , the category for Outstanding Choreography for the Emmy Awards was moved to the Primetime Live Show , and all of the nominees in the category were to create and perform a number with the host of the show , Neil Patrick Harris . Hough , who was nominated for '' Dancing with the Stars '' , was part of that number , along with the other nominees . Ken Ehrlich , the executive producer of the show , stated , " It 's definitely going to be an original number , something that has n't been done before . It 's going to utilize the talents of all of them to put this number together as choreographers . " Hough then went on to win the Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography . On September 12 , 2015 , Hough won his second Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography , alongside Julianne Hough and Tessandra Chavez . This was both Julianne Hough 's and Chavez 's first Emmy win for outstanding choreography . Including the two nominations that he went on to win , Hough has been nominated for eight Emmy Awards for choreography
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65th Primetime Emmy Awards
Derek Hough