The reality star is paired with returning pro Sharna Burgess for season 35 of the competition

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• Tyler Cameron will compete on season 35 of Dancing with the Stars with partner Sharna Burgess, who is returning to the ballroom for the first time in five years
• The Bachelorette alum tells PEOPLE why he immediately said yes to joining the show and teases who will be in the ballroom cheering him on every week
• Burgess, meanwhile, says it “feels like I never left” as she gets back into the swing of things

Tyler Cameron didn’t need any time to think when he was offered a spot on Dancing with the Stars season 35.

The Bachelorette alum tells PEOPLE it was “the quickest yes ever” when he was asked to join the cast, which was revealed in full on Good Morning America on Sept. 2. “I mean, to get to be in this room, do this dance, do all these things, have an amazing partner like this. It’s an incredible journey that you’re going to look back on forever.”

Cameron, 33, is paired with returning pro Sharna Burgess, who is back for her first season in five years, and he couldn’t be more excited. “I get to share the great comeback of Sharna,” he says. “I’m so happy to be a part of your journey coming back.”

He says his fiancée Tate Madden— whom he announced his engagement to on Aug. 15 — is just as excited as he is. “She’s a dancer herself. So she’s pinching herself, seeing Sharna and Witney [Carson], and all these other amazing cast members,” Cameron says.

“This was her dream as a little kid, too. So to be here, she’s just eating this up,” he continues, adding that Madden, 33, will be in the ballroom “every week” cheering him on.

Burgess, 41, tells PEOPLE it’s “great” to be back in the swing of things and paired with Cameron. “We’ve had rehearsals for, what? About five or six practices right now, and we’ve wanted to share it so much,” she says.

Of her return, the one-time Mirrorball champion says she’s feeling mixed emotions. “It’s like, two things can be true. It feels like I never left, it’s like riding a bike. Being in the room is easy.”

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“But there’s still a newness and excitement to everything, because it’s been so long since I’ve done it. And I love that. I love that it feels new and exciting, but it also feels like coming home.”

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Along with Cameron, Jenna Dewan, Julia Stiles, Harry Shum Jr., Tatyana Ali, Giada De Laurentiis, Taylor Hanson, Ezra Frech, Amber Glenn, Conner Leavitt, Sarah Jane Nader and Connor Wood were all announced as part of the season 35 cast of Dancing with the Stars on GMA. They join previously announced castmembers Ciara Miller, Maura Higgins, Guillermo Rodriguez and Jackson Olson.

Season 35 begins with a two-night premiere on Tuesday, Sept. 15, and Wednesday, Sept. 16, on ABC and Disney+. Episodes will stream the following day on Hulu.

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