AJ McLean is in the home stretch of his rehearsals and ready to kick off the new season.The 42-year-old Backstreet Boy is the second of his group members to compete for the coveted mirrorball -- and it looks like he's got a leg up thanks to advice he's gotten from Nick Carter.
Carter finished in second place with Sharna Burgess during season 21.«I've actually spoken to him three times now. I called him after the first day of rehearsal and I was like, 'Oh, boy.
What did I get myself into?'» McLean tells ET's Lauren Zima a week before the new season premieres. «He kind of freaked me out the first time we spoke because, granted, he was going based on his experience and this is different for everybody, obviously.
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