Partner – Lil’ Kim
Grammy Award Winning Rapper
DEREK HOUGH Season-by-Season COMPARISON CHARTS. Click here.
Derek and Lil Kim’s Dance Scores – Scroll to bottom
Statistics and Trivia prepared by @donamadrina
WEEK 4 = Derek and Kim received the first 10 of the season
WEEK 5 = Viennese Waltz Encore
WEEK 6 = Jive Encore
WEEK 7 = Group Dance Encore
WEEK 8 = Team Tango Encore
Encores = Derek and Kim were the only couple to perform encores for 4 weeks in a row
May 2, 2009 = Derek hurt his knee during his Salsa practice with Kim
WEEK 9 = The public was shocked that Derek and Kim were eliminated and did not make the semi-finals
Season’s Score = 284/330 / Overall average = 25.8
Derek and Lil’ Kim’s Weekly Dance Scores
| WEEK | DANCE | SCORES | RANKING |
| 1 | Cha Cha | 7-7-7=21 | 3rd Place out of 13 couples |
| 2 | Quickstep | 8-7-8=23 | 4th Place out of 13 couples |
| 3 | Samba | 8-8-9=25 | 2nd Place out of 12 couples / but 3 other couples tied for 1st place |
| 4 | Argentine Tango | 9-8-10=27 | 3rd Place out of 11 couples |
| 5 | V. Waltz | 9-8-9=26 | 2nd Place out of 9 couples / tied with one other couple |
| 6 | Jive | 10-8-10=28 | 1st Place out of 8 couples |
| 7 | Rumba | 9-8-9=26 | 4th Place out of 7 couples / 2 couples tied for 3rd |
| 8 | Paso Doble | 9-9-10=28 | |
| Team Tango | 9-9-10=28 | 1st Place out of 6 couples | |
| 9 | Waltz | 8-9-8=25 | |
| Salsa | 9-9-9=27 | 3rd out of 5 couples / eliminated |
Derek and Lil Kim dance the Tango
