Years of competing on “Dancing With the Stars” has helped make Derek Hough the judge he is on “World of Dance.”

“The first season I did of ‘World of Dance,’ I think it was the very first show and I came off and my assistant actually started laughing. She goes, ‘Derek, you did a Len, a Bruno and a Carrie all in one show!’” the dancer recently told Page Six. “I guess their style or whatever it might be just kind of either rubbed off on me or I don’t even know but I just kind of found that hilarious.”

Hough, 33, joined “Dancing with the Stars” in its fifth season and competed on-and-off up until Season 23. He took home the Mirror Ball trophy six times.

He joined “World of Dance” for its inaugural season in 2017, alongside Jennifer Lopez and Ne-Yo.

“It’s truly the Olympics of dance,” he told us, noting that its a “wildly different” show than “Dancing with the Stars” where celebrities learn how to move their feet.

Hough’s own dancing career is also far from over, as he’s currently preparing to embark on a tour in April.

“World of Dance” returns to NBC at 9 p.m. ET on Tuesday.

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