Janel Parrish and Val Chmerkovskiy dance Argentine Tango (VIDEO)
Janel Parrish and Val Chmerkovskiy danced Argentine Tango on Dancing with the Stars 19 Semifinals on Monday, November 17, 2014.
Music was "Blame" by Time for Three who performed during the dance.
This was their "unplugged" dance of the night.
"You are the most dynamic," said judge Carrie Ann Inaba. "The lifts were ungraceful."
"You are an incredible dancer," said head judge Len Goodman.
"You just have a gift," said judge Julianne Hough.
"The fiddler and the goddess," said judge Bruno Tonioli.
Val really played the violin.
After the dance, Janel Parrish said: "We want to go all the way."
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Watch the full performance video of Janel Parrish and Val Chmerkovskiy here:
| Judges Scores & Critique | ||
|---|---|---|
| Carrie Ann Inaba: "The lifts were ungraceful" | 9 | |
| Len Goodman: "You are an incredible dancer" | 9 | |
| Julianne Hough: "You just have a gift" | 10 | |
| Bruno Tonioli: "The fiddler and the goddess" | 10 | |
| Total Score: | 38 | |
| Rickey's Passing Thoughts: "OMG so beautiful. Wow. Go Val and Janel!" | ||
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About Janel Parrish
Born in Hawaii, Janel started her career with a love for music. She entered and won a statewide singing contest at age 6 and soon followed that with being cast in the National Touring Company and Broadway Company of “Les Miserables” as Little Cosette. It wasn’t long before Janel’s Broadway experience and recognition led to acting auditions in Hollywood. While studying acting, Janel continued to train vocally, eventually adding piano to her repertoire. She also began writing her own music, which led to becoming the lead singer in a 3 girl pop group called “Impulse” as well as a recording deal with Geffen Records.
Currently, Janel can be seen as “Mona” in the top-rated ABC Family TV series, “Pretty Little Liars.” For her role she won the “Choice TV Villain” award at the 2012 and 2013 Teen Choice Awards as well as a TV Guide Award nomination. Her love of musical theater also remains. In 2012, Parrish returned to her theater roots in Over the Moon Productions' intimate presentation of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical “Spring Awakening” as Anna. In 2014, she hit the stage in “For the Record: Baz Luhrmann” as well as “For the Record: Tarantino.” Other television credits include “Drop Dead Diva,” “Hawaii Five-O,” “Heroes”, “Gepetto,” “Baywatch,” “The O’Keefe’s,” “The Bernie Mac Show,” “Zoey 101,” “True Jackson, VP,” and “The O.C.” She has also graced the big screen starring in feature films such as “Bratz: The Movie,” “One Kine Day” and “Knots.”