If you're confused as to why Len Goodman gets the final say about who goes home on Dancing With the Stars, you're note alone — in fact, Derek Hough is on your side.

In recent years, the ABC dance competition show has come under fire for becoming a "popularity contest" and rewarding the least-talented dancers for earning the most fan votes. Trying to address these concerns, the show has changed things up to allow judges Len, Derek and Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba to save one of the bottom couples each week. The only thing is, because there's an even number of judges, if Bruno, Carrie Ann or Derek don't all agree, it falls on Len to make the final call.

Despite producers' best intentions with the rule, it's proven to be somewhat controversial among fans this season. According to what Derek revealed to Us Weekly recently, even he doesn't completely get it.

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"I still don’t understand it, and I’ve said this to producers. I was like, ‘Guys, we gotta reword this thing because the tie doesn’t make sense,'” Derek said. "So basically, this is kind of the way I’m explaining it: Essentially, Len has two votes, that’s it? Len has the weight of two votes. I wish we just said it like that because that makes so much more sense."

Agreed. In particular, we saw a lot of negative comments about this rule after Disney Villains Night, when Bachelor star Matt James and pro Lindsay Arnold and Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kenya Moore and pro Brandon Armstrong faced elimination. Though Bruno and Carrie Ann chose to save Matt and Lindsay, Derek chose Kenya and Brandon. In the end, Len also chose Kenya and Brandon, and because his vote carried more weight, Matt and Lindsay were sent home in the end (though Kenya and Brandon have since been eliminated).

While the rule is a bit of a head scratcher, the Dancing With the Stars pro reasoned that in the end it's ultimately a "fair" policy.

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"He’s the head judge," Derek said about Len. "There’s no show that exists where the original judges from season 1 [are still there in] season 30. It’s pretty impressive. It’s pretty remarkable."

What's more, Derek acknowledged to Good Housekeeping earlier this year that fans may still be adjusting to the show's recent changes — including, replacing Erin Andrews and Tom Bergeron with Tyra Banks. Even still, he's all on board for moving forward and creating great television.

"With every shift there are growing pains, with every change there are going to be opinions," Derek told us. "And, by the way, for me, I always feel when there are different opinions about something, it just means people care."

He added: "I understand the show has been around for a long time and there's nostalgia to it, but there's also room for growth as well."