The 37-year-old mom of three is putting in 25 hours of rehearsal and even moved her family to Louisiana to LA for the competition.
The softball player tells ET she's taking the shortened competition 'one week at a time.'
ET has your exclusive first look at behind-the-scenes pics from next Monday's show.
ET spoke with the dancing pro turned judge at an FYC event for 'World of Dance,' which returns to NBC on May 30.
The 'World of Dance' judge and former 'DWTS' pro shared with ET which athlete he thinks should win the mirrorball trophy.
ET was backstage after the 'DWTS: Athletes' premiere to talk to all the competitive standouts!
ET is liveblogging the all-athlete edition of the dance competition show right now!
ET spoke with Burgess and Norman shortly after they performed a sultry cha-cha that tied them at the top of the leader board on Monday's premiere of 'Dancing With the Stars: Athletes.'
ET spoke with Slater and her partner, retired baseball star Johnny Damon, just moments after they were eliminated from the first week of competition on 'Dancing With the Stars: Athletes.'
ET spoke with the former figure skater and her partner, Sasha Farber, just after they learned they were safe from elimination on Monday's premiere of 'Dancing With the Stars: Athletes.'
The 'I, Tonya' Oscar winner was in the audience during Monday's premiere to cheer on the former figure skater.
Johnson and Rippon also opened up to ET about their chemistry, costumes and goals for the rest of the season.
The Olympic figure skater and his pro partner, Jenna Johnson, spoke with ET after Monday's premiere, and they opened up about their goals for the season.
The two-time 'Dancing With the Stars' champ used his one-day break from his national tour to come out and root for his girlfriend.
