Carole Baskin Is Guest Blogging Her 'Dancing With the Stars' Journey for ET (Exclusive)

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Carole Baskin here!Ahead of Monday's premiere, my day started at the studio at 8 a.m., where Victor del Castillo and Anthony Wilson worked on my hair until 11:15 a.m.

Then the cast did three rehearsals on the floor. Two of the three were great for me, but in my middle rehearsal, I lost track of my steps twice.

I hadn't been dropping steps in practice, so I think I freaked Pasha out a bit. Every minute we weren't called to do something else, he was running me through our routine...

in the halls, behind the camera crews, anywhere he could find enough space.That kind of freaked me out because now it felt like dancing in a minefield.