Joey Fatone has "Dancing" advice for Lance Bass: "Don't suck"

Cutie pie Lance Bass makes his debut on "Dancing With the Stars" tonight! I'm most excited to see him, my longtime crush Ted McGinley, the amazing Cloris Leachman and the lovely Susan Lucci.

Joey Fatone, who I spent some time watching in the TV Guide booth on the Emmy red carpet yesterday, shared his advice to his former N Sync bandmate Lance.

"Don't suck, don't embarrass me, I told him," Joey told PEOPLE at Sunday's annual TV Guide Emmy party in Hollywood. "If he embarrasses me, I'll kick his a-."

"We'll see [how he does], I know he's very nervous about it," added Joey, who was runner up a few seasons back. "He really wants to make sure he leaves a good impression and does really well. It's all riding on his shoulders in that sense. We'll see what happens."