Dancing with the stars Premiere of the 33rd season saw 12 celebrity hopefuls on the dance floor, but it was clear that Sports illustrated Model Brooks Nader was particularly nervous and crossed her arms defensively as she listened to the judges’ feedback.

However, former professional athlete Chertyl Burke has one piece of advice for Brooks to help her relax: “Be silly.”

“Everyone is nervous, even the athletes who have competed in the Olympics were nervous. It’s really difficult going into a show that’s been running for 33 seasons, but I also think they’ve had a really short time to train,” Cheryl said. HELLO!

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In previous seasons, the hopeful candidates often had up to six weeks of training, this year many of them only started after the Good morning America Announcement two weeks in advance.

Brooks was paired with Gleb Savchenko.

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In her iHeartRadio podcast “Sex, Lies, and Spray Tans,” Cheryl had previously noted Brooks’ nervousness during her appearance on GMA, but she tells HELLO!: “When there’s a beautiful couple in competition, it’s better to be silly and balance it out. They’re almost too beautiful.”

“I think they’re both very attracted to each other. I think in the beginning it’s like any relationship, it’s the honeymoon phase and I know that generally speaking that’s going to be over sooner rather than later,” Cheryl continued, adding: “And I hope they’re able to get to work and stop flirting.”

The new season of Dancing with the stars will be “spicy and spirited,” juror Bruno Tonioli told HELLO! before the season premiere.

“The cast is very, very good – very bubbly, very spirited. But I always feel like it’s the first time with this show – you can never go into it with what’s happened before because everyone is so different,” he said.

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The celebrities appearing alongside Brooks in season 33 are Reginald VelJohnson, Eric Roberts, Anna Delvey, Chandler Kinney, Ilona Maher, Joey Graziadei, Danny Amendola, Dwight Howard, Jenn Tran, Phaedra Parks and Stephen Nedoroscik.

There were no eliminations in the first week, but the jury’s points and the audience’s ratings will be included in the second week’s score.