Gleb Savchenko already feel a connection with Dancing with the stars partner Brooks Nader – and it doesn’t hurt that he finds the model “hot.”

“We have a good energy. I think we have a good vibe. I mean, it’s nice to be in the room with someone you get along with for five hours a day,” Savchenko, 40, said exclusively We weekly on Wednesday, September 4. “And also, you know, to look like that.”

The Russian dance professional is the partner of supermodel Nader, 27, for DWTS Season 33 and told Us what he first thought when they met.

“She’s hot,” Savchenko joked.

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Fortunately for Nader, “she felt the same.”

“I just thought, ‘Oh my God,'” Nader said Us on Wednesday. “It’s perfect. It’s so annoying when you’re trying to learn something and you have to look at (Gleb), but no, we’re going to get it done.”

In fact, Nader was “shocked” at how easily she got along with Savchenko.

“I just thought a dancer isn’t my typical type,” she said. “Not that he was, I was shocked, but let me just say it was actually perfect.”

Savchenko, for his part, was of the same opinion.

“I think Brooks has such a strong charisma and is so positive all the time. And that’s what I’m all about,” he said. “Life is too short to just be grumpy and overthink and worry. We’re just going to have fun, create some great dances and work really hard.”

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Savchenko and Nader have already started working together and revealed Us how the process is going so far.

“We started with tango. Our first dance is tango and it requires a lot of technique where you have to keep your body stiff,” Savchenko teased. “And Brooks is very flexible. She likes to do a lot of body rolls and hip movements.”

Whether Savchenko and Nader’s connection will produce hot dances, they say Us “Wait and see.”

“Just wait, this is just the beginning,” he joked.

Both Nader and Savchenko are “competitive” in their pursuit of the mirrorball trophy, despite facing their biggest rivals, the Olympians. Stephen Nedoroscik And Ilona Maher and former ballet dancer Chandler Kinney.

“I think that (the registration with German TV shows (DWTS) was more exciting for (my family) than anything I’ve ever done in my life,” Nader said. “Because all four of us grew up watching LSU football every week and Dancing with the stars. That was basically our life. So, you know, they’re freaking out. They and (my) aunts, uncles, cousins ​​​​will have TV parties every week. So we have to win for them.”

Dancing with the stars Season 33 premieres on Tuesday, September 17 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.

With report by Christina Garibaldi