Derek Hough Wins 2013 Emmy for Outstanding Choreography for DANCING WITH THE STARS

DANCING WITH THE STARS' Derek Hough took home tonight's 2013 Emmy award for his choreography work on ABC's competiton show.

Hough outperformed Warren Carlyle, Rodgers Hammerstein's Carousel (Live From Lincoln Center); Sonya Tayeh for Routines: Possibly Maybe / Turning Page / Sail, So You Think You Can Dance; Mandy Jo Moore for Routines: The Power Of Love / Wild Horses, So You Think You Can Dance; Napoleon Dumo, Tabitha Dumo for Routines: Call Of The Wild (Circle Of Life) / Love Cats / Beautiful People, So You Think You Can Dance; and Travis Wall for Routines: Where The Light Gets In / Without You / Unchained Melody, So You Think You Can Dance.

Below, check out his acceptance speech!

Derek HOUGH: Wow, wow, wow, wow. Thank you, guys. Love you. I want to thank the BBC, Conrad Green, Ashley Edens, the whole team over at "Dancing with the Stars." My mom, my dad, all my sisters. Julianne, I love you. Corky and Shirley Ballas, Mark Ballas. And - holy crap.

(Laughter.)

Thank you - and thank you for the Emmys for inviting us to this party. Thank you so much. I appreciate it. Thank you, guys.

Photo by Stewart Cook / Picture Perfect/ Rex USA

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