Janel Parrish and Val Chmerkovskiy dance Rumba (VIDEO)
Janel Parrish and Val Chmerkovskiy danced Rumba on Dancing with the Stars 19 on Monday, October 6, 2014.
Music was "How Will I Know" by Sam Smith.
Janel dedicated the dance to her first vocal coach who died of breast cancer.
"You were incredible," said judge Carrie Ann Inaba. "You are living honey."
"You do perform from your heart," said judge Julianne Hough. "I want to commend you on your technique."
"You look like an exotic angel," said judge Bruno Tonioli. "Work on your spins."
The judges and the audience (special fourth judge for the night) gave them a total score of 36.
After the dance, Janel Parrish said: "BJ was the most important person in my life. I'm glad I did it."
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Watch the full performance video of Janel Parrish and Val Chmerkovskiy here:
| Judges Scores & Critique | ||
|---|---|---|
| Carrie Ann Inaba: "You were incredible" | 9 | |
| Julianne Hough: "You do perform from your heart" | 9 | |
| Bruno Tonioli: "You look like an exotic angel" | 9 | |
| Viewer Audience Score | 9 | |
| Total Score: | 36 | |
| Rickey's Passing Thoughts: "I LOVE THIS! GO JANEL AND VAL!" | ||
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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.”