Sexy Dancing With the Stars pro, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, is expanding his hotness wingspan from the reality dance floor to the reality dating scene by starring on the Ukrainian version of The Bachelor.

Chmerkovskiy, a native Ukrainian, announced on his website that he had refused an offer to star in the American/ABC’s The Bachelor but has now decided to do the Ukrainian version. He states, “This is the first thing in a VERY LONG TIME that I’m doing for ME. For the first time, I don’t really care what people think. First time that I’m not being ‘judged’, ‘placed’ or ‘criticized.'”

Maksim is pictured here with former DWTS contestants Erin Andrews and Stacy Keibler

Apparently Chmerkovskiy went to Ukraine in late November, right after Dancing With the Stars‘ latest season ended, and filmed the dating show for four to six weeks. Chmerkovskiy continues on his website, “There has never been a show such as this in Ukraine, and it makes me think that a first season would be the most ‘real’ as far as participant’s perception of ‘what its all about’….I know it’s hard to find someone you can connect to on a project like this, but nothing is impossible. For the sake of the show I can’t reveal anything, but I must say I am very pleasantly surprised so far.”