'Dancing With the Stars' 2014 Cast: New Pros Talk 'Challenging' First Day As Mark Ballas & Others Have Special Surprise For Them [VIDEO]
Two of the new pros set to debut on ABC's Dancing With the Stars this season recently discussed their nerves and their excitement over competing in the long-running reality series.
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New pro dancers Keoikantse Motsepe and Artem Chigvintsev spoke with Access Hollywood this week during the first rehearsals of the season (featured below). So far it seems like they are getting along very well with some of the more seasoned pros.
"I'm super excited because [it's] the first day," Chigvintsev said. "We saw everybody except the celebrities." He added that he is ready to meet his celebrity partner and "get to know her and start doing my thing."
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Talking about meeting pros like Derek Hough and Val Chmerkovskiy, Chigvintsev said that the reception was positive.
"They're a nice crowd," he said. "So we'll kind of get along get to know each other, say 'hi,' see how it goes, but no, they're super lovely people."
Meanwhile, Motsepe will be getting used to a new style of dancing after touring with the Burn the Floor tour.
"It's different energy for me," he said. "Different people, different energy, different style of dancing so for me it was challenging a little bit."
The interview was then interrupted by their fellow pros coming in all at once as they poured buckets of ice water over their heads. Motsepe and Chigvintsev reacted in surprise as they were drenched in water.
It seems like everyone is already getting along as the series gets ready to enter its 19th season.
Dancing With the Stars Season 19 begins Monday, Sept. 15 at 8 p.m. on ABC.
