“She really wants to win,” partner Sasha Farber says in rehearsals footage

Oct 1, 2013 08:55 GMT  ·  By

Snooki might just turn out to be the biggest surprise on this season of ABC’s Dancing With the Stars, if her Quickstep last night is any indication. You can see it in full above.

Preparing for what was her first ballroom dance this season, Snooki (real name Nicole Polizzi) told partner Sasha Farber that she felt very bad for the low scores she got the previous week because they made her feel like a “loser.”

“She puts on tough-girl persona, because she doesn’t want people how much she really wants to win this,” Sasha says off-camera.

So, with the Quickstep, Snooki showed viewers at home and the three judges just how much she wanted to win: costumed as Marilyn Monroe, she sashayed across the dancefloor and even performed a one-handed cartwheel with her partner, for a good score of 25 out of a possible 30.

“You are a superstar,” Carrie Ann Inaba told her, almost making her blush.

Enjoy!