Julianne Hough Taking Next Season Off

Posted By: Bridget On: November 21, 2008 Comments: ( 0 )

America’s favorite dancing sweetheart and their most recent cast off, Julianne Hough, will not participate in the next season of Dancing With The Stars. Hough told E!’s Ryan Seacrest on his KIIS FM radio show Thursday. “I’m not going to be back next season,” she said. “That’s final.”

Don’t worry though kids, it is not her recent health scares that will keep her off the dance floor but her singing career. Julianne released her first country album and wants to focus on singing. She said, “It’s because I really, really want to focus on the music and… be taken seriously a little bit, and I think it’s hard to be on Dancing with the Stars and be singing and kind of get that confusion, and so I’m really going to focus on the music.”

Season 8 (can you believe that 8 seasons???) is expected to begin in March 2009. The producers were reportedly happy to give her a season off and expect her to return to the show. She may be back as early as September 2009. Considering her aforementioned limited singing skills I am certain she won’t be gone from the dance floor for long!!