Derek Hough is reportedly "besotted" with Katherine Jenkins.

The professional dancer has apparently fallen head over heels for his Dancing With The Stars co-star Katherine Jenkins. Having just broken up with fiancé Gethin Jones in December, the classical singer still isn't in the right place to start a new romance, much to Derek's disappointment.

"He loves how down-to-earth she is. He said she was over at his condo last week and didn't have a scrap of make-up on and drank a beer. She isn't ready for dating after her split with Gethin Jones, though it hasn't stopped him being completely besotted," a source told The Sun.

Katherine was also previously linked to her professional dancer partner Mark Ballas, but insisted the claims were unfounded: "It's inevitable but it's just complete nonsense. We have totally hit it off and we're having a great time. But he came to London to start training me and within - I think within 12 hours - is all it took before there was that first photo and immediately we were of course dating, which it's not true. He has a girlfriend and I'm not ready, I'm not ready for any of that yet. I'm just going to concentrate on the dancing."