Our favorite hottie dancer from Dancing With the Stars, Maksim Chmerkovskiy is leaving the hit show after this season.

The controversial dancer’s contract runs out at the end of next year and like he said,

“What else do I have to do there after 15 seasons?” he continued, “It makes total sense. The audience can’t expect for me to want to stick around, and the producers can’t expect for me to want to stick around.”

Chmerkovskiy says he plans to pursue opportunities in acting and reality shows. Something he is familiar with since he did appear on The Bachelor in the Ukrane. He didn’t end up landing his lady-love on the show but did find love with another professional dancer from DWTS,  Peta Murgatroyd

Chmerkovskiy and Kirstie Alley will re-team for “Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars,” which premieres on Monday. Of course, we will be live blogging the show – will you be tuning in??