Amber Riley is ready to tango her way onto the dance floor for season 17 of Dancing With the Stars. With the support of her Glee co-stars, Riley, who is paired with four-time mirror ball champ Derek Hough on the ABC reality dancing competition, is ready to win.

"She is really excited, and the entire cast is rooting for her," Glee actor Harry Shum Jr. told EnStars on Thursday night at SEGA's Go Dance event at STK Midtown in NYC. "Hopefully, she'll just have a whole row set aside for the [Glee] cast. I'm going to go watch for sure."

Admitting he might be a little biased, Shum predicted that Riley will "win it all." 

So what advice does the trainer dancer have for his co-star? 

"First off, no twerking," Shum joked. "Seriously, Amber is going to do great. She's dedicated, and I know she can win it."

During an interview with Access Hollywood on Monday, Riley revealed she's feeling the nerves about tackling the dance floor.

"I'm very nervous!" she said. "But it's an exciting nervous, because I'm doing this because it’s fun. I love dancing. It's a different kind of expression."

Dancing With the Stars Season 17: Valerie Harper, Snooki, Bill Nye & More Competing

Dancing with the Stars Season 17 premieres on September 16 at 8/7c on ABC. Here is the list of the competitors on season 17 and their partners:

- "Jersey Shore" star Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi with Sasha Farber
- Valerie Harper and Tristan MacManus
- "Saved By the Bell" and "Showgirls" star Elizabeth Berkley with Valentin Chmerkovskiy
- "Glee" star Amber Riley with Derek Hough
- Former NFL player/ESPN Analyst Keyshawn Johnson with Sharna Burgess
- "High School Musical" star Corbin Bleu with Karina Smirnoff
- "King of Queens" star Leah Remini with Tony Dovolani
- "The Voice" star Christina Milian with Mark Ballas
- Bill Nye "The Science Guy" with Tyne Stecklein
- "Pretty Little Liars" and "Army Wives" actor Brant Daugherty with Peta Murgatroyd
- Jack Osbourne with Cheryl Burke
- "Blue Collar Comedy's" Bill Engvall with Emma Slater

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