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Prepare to Swoon! Derek Hough Is Back on Nashville and Holding an Adorable Baby

Exclusive: See the Dancing With the Stars pro in his May return

By Jean Bentley Apr 18, 2016 9:10 PMTags
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Get your smelling salts ready, because y'all are about to swoon at the sight of these new pics.

E! News has gotten a hold of some exclusive photos from Derek Hough's upcoming return to Nashville, and you're gonna "awwww" so hard at all the cuteness. As you'll see in the pics, Hough's movie star character, Noah West, is reuniting with his costar, Juliette Barnes (Hayden Panettiere)—and her adorable baby.

The photos are from the Wednesday, May 18 episode, but Hough is returning for his multi-episode stint the week before, on May 11, when Noah and Juliette meet up on the Oscar campaign trail for their film-within-the-show, the Patsy Cline biopic Shenandoah Girl.

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Hough's Noah last appeared in season three, when he accidentally caused some drama with Juliette and her baby daddy, Avery (Jonathan Jackson), when Cadence's father showed up on set after finding out his off-again girlfriend was pregnant (via text message!) and saw Juliette and Noah together.

Hey, if we can't watch Hough quick step with celebs on Dancing With the Stars, it's nice to have him on our TV screens in another capacity. He'll also drop by The CW's Jane the Virgin for an upcoming episode. Hough took the season off from DWTS to star in the new Broadway production of Singin' In the Rain.

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Hough isn't the only celeb to stop by in the final episodes of season four. In the May 11 episode, Juliette will also run into Kesha, who is guest-starring as herself. May 18 features a star-studded lineup of Hough, Sir Elton John (who will also perform with Sam Palladio's Gunnar) and Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Raven Symone and Paula Faris from The View.

The season will wrap up the following week, May 25. There's still no word on whether Nashville will return for a fifth season.

Nashville airs Wednesdays at 10 p.m. on ABC.