Lance Bass' bandmate says he'll win it all

Considered by some to be this season’s Dancing with the Stars ringer, Lance

Bass wasn’t always so smooth on the dancefloor, says his former ‘N Sync

bandmate Chris Kirkpatrick.

“We used to joke with Lance because he was the worst dancer in the group,”

Kirkpatrick told PEOPLE Wednesday at the Justin Timberlake Shriners

Hospitals For Children Open in Las Vegas, “but he’s amazing on the show.”

“He’s got such poise and he’s really confident in his dancing,” Kirkpatrick

added. “He’s really good, surprisingly good.”

So good, in fact, that Kirkpatrick thinks his pal has a real shot at

winning. “I think he does. I don’t know if he thinks he does. He’s really

hard on himself,” said Kirkpatrick.