Daniella Karagach Reveals the Most Common Misconception About “Dancing with the Stars” (Exclusive)

Fans of Dancing pinch nan Stars mightiness deliberation they cognize precisely really nan play unfolds extracurricular nan ballroom, but Daniella Karagach is fresh to put those rumors to bed.

Karagach, who was joined by her hubby and chap DWTS pro Pasha Pashkov, tells PEOPLE that 1 of nan "biggest" misconceptions astir nan ballroom creation title show is conscionable that: competition.

"I deliberation that group really deliberation that everyone is against each different successful position of competition. I consciousness for illustration everyone is very like, 'They're competing against each other. They astir apt don't want nan different personification to do well.' That's really not really it goes astatine all," Karagach reveals of nan pros who partner pinch celebrities each season. "It's really insane really overmuch we support 1 another."

That support is "especially" beardown betwixt Karagach, 32, and her husband. "Pasha helps maine pinch my choreography each nan time, and vice versa. If we ever request anything, ever nan first personification I would inquire is Pash, aliases vice versa."

She continues, "Having some of america connected nan show, it's been truthful bully to conscionable activity together. That has ne'er been a competition, but also, [between] america pinch different pros has besides ne'er felt for illustration a competition."

"We're really each really happy for each other, and we each want each different to succeed," she says of nan pros. "When Jenna [Johnson] won [last season], we were truthful excited and happy because we spot really overmuch activity goes into it. We cognize really difficult it is."

Instead, Karagach, who made it to week 7 past play pinch partner Dwight Howard, says that each nan pros tin really attraction connected is their personage partner.

"You don't really spot anyone but your celebrity. The enslaved that you create pinch your personage is truthful existent [like] what you spot connected nan show because you are spending 3 months [together], non-stop successful nan aforesaid room, sweating, crying, going done truthful galore emotions."

"I consciousness for illustration that enslaved that you're creating [with your celebrity] takes truthful overmuch clip retired of your time and truthful overmuch activity that you don't really attraction astir anybody other successful nan competition. You're conscionable truthful focused connected yourself."

Pashkov, 39, echoes his wife's sentiments, arsenic he says that successful reality, nan "most beautiful moments" of nan full show really hap off-camera, successful bonding moments betwixt nan full formed — title aside.

"Your celeb doesn't really get a chance to execute it successful beforehand of different people. If you do it for nan first clip connected a show day, it's nerve-racking, truthful we're trying to get those nerves retired of nan way. We spell into each other's rooms ... We cod two, three, 4 couples, we each beryllium successful 1 room, celebs and pros, and we each show each different our dances."

"You get nan nerves retired of nan way. You support each other, you clap, you springiness each different immoderate compliments to [show them], 'All right, you are trying, I'm successful nan aforesaid vessel pinch you, we're each present together doing nan aforesaid thing.'"

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For nan celebrities to "see different celebs are going done precisely nan aforesaid thing, that helps nan confidence," Pashkov says.

"Those are nan things that I deliberation you don't spot successful nan packages, you don't spot connected TV, but those are nan things that are happening. I deliberation those are nan astir beautiful moments, to beryllium honorable pinch you."