Happy Birthday, Mark Ballas!

Happy Birthday to Mark Ballas!

The Dancing with the Stars pro and season eight champ turns 23 today.

Ballas will be spending his birthday at the Indy 500 race, where former celebrity champion Helio Castroneves is competing, then will be performing with Ballas Hough Band at the official post-race party at the Conrad Hotel.

“I’m hoping Helio wins,” Ballas told People. He also said this year’s birthday will be "a nice low-key affair. We’re going watch the race, have a little dinner and perform."

Derek Hough's steamy on-screen kiss

Seems like Dancing with the Stars pro Derek Hough is talented in areas other than dancing and singing.

Hough, who is also the co-lead vocalist of Ballas Hough Band locked lips with singer-songwriter Kate Voegele for her new music video "99 Times."

"The video was so much fun to shoot and Derek was awesome," raved Voegele to People. "Great dancer, great musician, great kisser. That guy's got a few things going for him!"

The video for "99 Times" is about a girl, played by Voegele, "walking around a room filled with boyfriends who have lied to her and broke her heart," explained Hough. "At the very end she kisses me and then pushes me down, causing a domino effect with all her past boyfriends."

However, he assured the mag that the kiss was strictly business, especially since he's dating actress and former DWTS partner Shannon Elizabeth.

"I didn't know I would be kissing Kate until about five seconds before we did," he revealed. "I'm not going to lie, I was a little nervous!"

She's a lucky girl!

Which DWTS pro would YOU like to share a kiss with?

Ballas Hough Band

Image via realitytvmagazine.com

You may be familiar with Mark Ballas and Derek Hough two of the professional dancers (and back-t0-back winners) on Dancing with the Stars.

But did you know the two have their own band called Ballas Hough Band (formerly known as Almost Amy)?

Yes, not only are they amazing dancers, but they are talented musicians too!

Ballas and Hough have been best friends since childhood, with Hough living with Ballas' family in London for ten years to train as a dancer.

The two began playing punk rock and metal music when they were 13, and have been jamming together ever since.

Their debut album BHB has a variety of catchy tracks, a lot of them resembling Maroon 5 (especially the track "Devastated"), that showcase Ballas and Hough's stellar vocals.

"I'd say kind of blues rock with a bit of pop in there, but with funky baselines, and very melodic," Ballas described to Good Day Atlanta of the band's sound.

Check out their music video for their debut single, "Do It For You" below!

You can buy their album BHB here.