Derek Hough Reacts to Gleb Savchenko Comparing His 'DWTS' Judging to Len Goodman

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00:00You know, Gleb said to us last night that your judging style reminds him of Len.

00:05Do you see that as well?

00:07You know, I wish I was as good as Len. You know, he absolutely irreplaceable. My guy,

00:14you know, his phrases and his Len-isms were just iconic. And, you know, I try to

00:24talk a little bit more about the details and the dancing, you know, what to work on.

00:31It's always hard, especially these first couple of weeks, because there's so little time to say

00:34something. So I feel like I'm rushing it, trying to get it in. But I actually told the producers,

00:41I said, hey, can we, instead of doing like the mentor session at the end of the finale,

00:46we do it at the beginning of the season or in the middle of the season, so we could actually go and

00:50work with them a little bit more. Because I think I do miss a little bit of the coaching aspects,

00:54and I just want to get my, I want to get in there with them a little bit. Because sometimes just

01:00having 10 seconds to say something just isn't quite enough, you know?

01:03Sure, yeah. Noah, I'm sure you being in there is very helpful. Was there anything that you

01:08wish that you got to say a little bit more last night or something that you wish that you didn't

01:13say?

01:14One thing I actually wanted to say with Alona, who is, she's so amazing and so charismatic,

01:22off the floor and funny. And I think I said this on the table, but I don't want her to

01:32misinterpret like trying to be, you know, dancing as sort of like, as like a soft thing,

01:39you know what I mean? It still has impact and strength, you know? And I think that she's

01:44trying to juxtapose what she comes from. I'm like, no, no, no, you bring that in with you,

01:49bring that, bring that into the dance floor. And I think I said that before, but because whenever

01:53I see her like, you know, out and about, I'm like, yo, she is a force of nature. She is phenomenal.

01:59And I think if she just brings a little bit more to that to the dance floor, I think she's gonna,

02:03she could do amazing.

02:05Sure, she's, I think she said last night that she felt the judges were a little too nice to her.

02:09Do you ever feel like you are a little nicer on night one,

02:12as opposed to a little bit later on in the season?

02:15Yes. No, night one is a love fest. Night one is a love fest. Welcome to the show.

02:19Here we are. We're not going to bite too hard. But then, you know, week two, three, roll around.

02:25I'm like, okay, you've had some time. Now, I can't let you off the hook for this and this

02:30and this and this, you know? So, so hey, man, if she wants some, we can go, we can go in.