The beautiful and talented Julianne Hough is at least temporarily retiring from ‘Dancing With the Stars.’  She won’t partake in the next season of the show.  Hough says she wants to take more time to focus on her music career.

“I’m not gonna be back next season,” the Dancing pro told Ryan Seacrest Thursday. “I really, really want to focus on the music and, ya know, be taken seriously a little bit. And I think it’s hard to be on [Dancing] and be singing.”

The news comes two days after Hough, 20, who just released a Christmas album at Target stores, and her season seven partner Cody Linley were eliminated on Tuesday night’s show.

Hough is dating country music star Chuck Wick.  The two met earlier this year while on tour with Brad Paisley.

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