Jordan Chiles Shades Ezra Sosa’s Former DWTS Partner Anna Delvey (Exclusive)

Jordan Chiles couldn’t be more excited to team up with Ezra Sosa!

Speaking exclusively to PEOPLE after the Dancing with the Stars season 34 cast was announced on Wednesday, Sept. 3, the gold medal-winning Olympic gymnast, 24, says she “started screaming like a little kid” when she learned Sosa, also 24, would be her pro partner.

“I was so ecstatic,” she gushes.

“I’m so happy he gets this opportunity and a better experience in a better way, and that he just gets to really showcase who he is,” Chiles adds, referencing Sosa’s celebrity partner for his debut season last year, Anna Delvey. “I was happy that I was gonna be his partner where our energy just matched right away.”

Sosa also shares with PEOPLE how he reacted to being partnered with Chiles this season.

The pro dancer says he felt “relief” when he learned the news, as he reveals, “I was so relieved.”

“It’s like we knew each other,” he says of their instant connection. “It was so weird.”

Sosa was partnered with Delvey on DWTS season 33, a casting decision branded controversial by many fans of the ABC series.

They were the first pair to be eliminated and, when asked what she was taking away from her experience following her live elimination, the convicted con artist shocked the fandom by answering with one word: “Nothing.”

Sosa took it all in stride, debuting a “nothing” tattoo, saying they were keeping in touch via texts and even dressing up as Delvey for Halloween — ankle monitor and all.

Chiles and Sosa both tell PEOPLE they’re excited to show the world what moves they’re cooking up.

Chiles says her experience so far has been “crazy” and “incredible,” and that they’re having “a lot of fun” and “amazing times in rehearsals.”

As for whether Chiles’ Olympic gymnast roots will be an advantage, Sosa teases, “Well, I mean, she can flip, so we’re gonna flip in the dance. We flip and dance, that’s tea.”

Chiles confirms she’s “definitely” going to showcase that talent, with Sosa also promising she’ll bring a level of “sass” to their routines.

“I’m really excited to incorporate that diva of me a little more than I normally do and just being able to incorporate fashion into my outfits and my songs and just, like, the spice back a little,” she says.

At the end of the day, though, Chiles is just ready to let loose and have a blast “whether it’s with a Mirrorball, whether it’s without a Mirrorball.”

The pair have their work cut out for them, as this season features some fierce competitors vying for the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy.

The DWTS season 34 cast also includes Hilaria Baldwin and Gleb Savchenko, former NBA player Baron Davis and Britt Stewart, The Traitors winner Dylan Efron and Daniella Karagach, actor and musician Corey Feldman with Jenna Johnson, and Boy Meets World alum Danielle Fishel with Pasha Pashkov.

Other competitors include The Parent Trap actress Elaine Hendrix and Alan Bersten, Pentatonix singer Scott Hoying with Rylee Arnold, Fifth Harmony singer Lauren Jauregui with Brandon Armstrong, and comedian Andy Richter with Emma Slater.

They all join previously announced competitors Robert Irwin and Witney Carson, social media influencer Alix Earle with Val Chmerkovskiy and The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives stars Jen Affleck and Whitney Leavitt with Jan Ravnik and Mark Ballas, respectively.

Julianne Hough and Alfonso Ribeiro are returning as co-hosts, while Derek Hough, Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli return to the judges’ table.

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Dancing with the Stars season 34 premieres Tuesday, Sept. 16, at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and simulcast on Disney+. The show streams the next day on Hulu.