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"The Dancing With the Stars family sure knows how to keep us on our toes. Whether it&amp;#x27;s a couple in jeopardy or a secret &amp;quot;romance&amp;quot; with a resident bad boy and an all-American girl, this show knows how to keep us talking (and watching). Can you blame them? Because when you get right down to it, it works. We&amp;#x27;re invested in not just the celebs but the dancers, the hosts, and the process. And, of course, who&amp;#x27;s hooking up with whom. But as we approach DWTS season 19, the uncertain futures of Derek Hough, Mark Ballas, Cheryl Burke, and Maksim Chmerkovskiy may actually not be something the show is orchestrating&amp;amp;#8212;in fact, it could very much be a reality that those four pros don&amp;#x27;t return. Derek Hough and Mark Ballas hit the blue carpet at the Young Hollywood Awards Sunday night, which airs this evening on the CW. When I last spoke with the Dancing With the Stars executive producers, they informed me that they want Maks back, but nothing was certain. At the ESPYs a few days later, Cheryl Burke confided that after almost 10 years, she may be ready to say goodbye. Then, when I met up with season-18 runner-up Amy Purdy to ask if Derek Hough would be returning, she said, &amp;quot;I don&amp;#x27;t know. He loves the show so much that he&amp;amp;#8217;ll always be tied into it, but I also know that he&amp;amp;#8217;s really satisfied with what we did this past season. I really don&amp;amp;#8217;t know.&amp;quot; Here&amp;#x27;s the thing: Every season on DWTS, Derek wants to be inspired. Rightfully so. He is the choreographer of our generation. Even though Derek didn&amp;#x27;t take home Mirrorball number six last season, it was probably his most rewarding season to date, thanks to his partnership with Amy. So is there anything left? &amp;quot;I don&amp;#x27;t know yet,&amp;quot; he admitted to me at the Young Hollywood Awards (airing tonight on the CW). &amp;quot;I have a few weeks [to decide].&amp;quot; The rumor is that after a grueling tour schedule (Derek and sister Julianne finished their Move Live tour in Los Angeles on Saturday night), an upcoming book launch (Taking the Lead: Lessons From a Life in Motion), and numerous other projects, the Emmy-winning choreographer is ready for a break&amp;amp;#8212;or a new challenge. &amp;quot;I just want to be inspired,&amp;quot; he stated quite matter-of-factly. If there&amp;#x27;s anyone to inspire him to sign up for more Dancing, it&amp;#x27;s Oprah. In fact, Derek and Amy are finally planning their much-talked about lunch with Lady O. &amp;quot;I&amp;#x27;m seeing her in two weeks,&amp;quot; he revealed. Amy is actually going to team up with Oprah on her &amp;quot;Life That You Want&amp;quot; tour, and Derek has been invited to perform with Amy. Does all that bonding time with Oprah mean something more? Could Oprah actually join DWTS and partner up with Derek? &amp;quot;That would be amazing! Or we could just start up a whole new dance show on OWN and call it Own the Dance Floor!&amp;quot; he joked. &amp;quot;OK, that was awful. [Laughs]&amp;quot; Meanwhile, Derek&amp;#x27;s best friend, colleague, and all-around &amp;quot;package deal&amp;quot; (his words, not mine) Mark Ballas revealed a little bit of insight into DWTS negotiations. According to Mark, the reason that none of the pro-dancers have committed yet is that none of them has actually been offered a deal. &amp;quot;We usually don&amp;#x27;t get the call until about five days before,&amp;quot; he revealed. &amp;quot;It&amp;#x27;s usually that late, so we&amp;#x27;ll see.&amp;quot; I have a hard time believing that the show hasn&amp;#x27;t already said to the dancers (especially the most popular ones), &amp;quot;Hey, we want you back next year,&amp;quot; but it&amp;#x27;s possible that they don&amp;#x27;t. Whenever there&amp;#x27;s agents, managers, and dollar signs involved, it&amp;#x27;s always a complicated matter. &amp;quot;Of course, we love doing the show and I&amp;amp;#8217;d be honored to do another season,&amp;quot; says Mark, &amp;quot;but we just have to see if everything works out. It&amp;#x27;s just up in the air.&amp;quot; If Derek doesn&amp;amp;#8217;t do it, will that impact Mark&amp;#x27;s decision? &amp;quot;No. I mean, even though we&amp;amp;#8217;re best friends and kind of come as a package...we&amp;amp;#8217;ll just look at [the offer] when it comes in.&amp;quot; In the meantime, Mark is keeping plenty busy with his new single &amp;quot;Miss Incredible,&amp;quot; which comes out in early August. &amp;quot;We&amp;#x27;re doing a contest for our female fans. If they go to ImMissIncredible.com, they can submit videos and tell me why they think they&amp;amp;#8217;re incredible, whether they are involved in a charity, or whether they are a doctor or a teacher, it doesn&amp;amp;#8217;t matter. At the end of the competition, I&amp;amp;#8217;m picking a few lucky winners, flying them out to Los Angeles, and they&amp;amp;#8217;ll be in the music video doing what they think is incredible.&amp;quot; If Mark does return to DWTS next season, he already has an incredible plan of his own: &amp;quot;Oprah should come on and I&amp;amp;#8217;ll dance with Oprah! Dibs!&amp;quot; Your move, Derek. Your move. What do you guys think? Will Derek and Mark return to DWTS next season?"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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