Janel Parrish and Val Chmerkovskiy dance Viennese Waltz (VIDEO)
Janel Parrish and Val Chmerkovskiy danced Viennese Waltz on Dancing with the Stars 19 Halloween Night on Monday, October 27, 2014.
Music was theme song from Pretty Little Liars.
I love the tie-in to PLL. The judges thought the concept got in the way of the dance.
"You never stopped moving," said judge Carrie Ann Inaba.
Head judge Len Goodman did not comment.
"I was missing a proper Viennese Waltz," said judge Julianne Hough. "It was beautiful."
"You are dressed to kill," said judge Bruno Tonioli.
The judges gave them a total score of 31.
After the dance, Janel Parrish said: "I kissed the doll and the lipstick looked like blood."
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Watch the full performance video of Janel Parrish and Val Chmerkovskiy here:
| Judges Scores & Critique | ||
|---|---|---|
| Carrie Ann Inaba: "You never stopped moving" | 8 | |
| Len Goodman: "It was not a Viennese Waltz" | 7 | |
| Julianne Hough: "It was beautiful" | 8 | |
| Bruno Tonioli: "You are dressed to kill" | 8 | |
| Total Score: | 31 | |
| Rickey's Passing Thoughts: "I love the #PLL tie-in. 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.”