Dancing with the Stars contestant Bill Nye has revealed that he is taking the competition seriously.

The 57-year-old, who was named yesterday as one of the 12 celebrities taking part in the show, told People that he likes dancing.

"We're in this to win this," he said. "I mean, I went to a pretty tough engineering school and then I worked in children's television with Sesame Street and Mister Rogers. I played in that league."

Nye added: "I'm in this to do my very best. To get the mirror ball trophy."

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Meanwhile, Nye's professional partner Tyne Stecklein described him as a "great student".

"He's very smart, obviously, which helps," she said. "He picks things up really quickly and he gets it and he enjoys it. And he works really hard."

Dancing with the Stars premieres on September 16 on ABC.

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