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VIDEO: Janel Parrish Has Jungle Fever in Lively DWTS' Trio Performance

By: Nov. 11, 2014
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On last night's 'America's Choice' night on DANCING WITH THE STARS, the six remaining couples danced to a song and dance style voted on by viewers.

For the first time ever, America had creative control of the couples' first dance, asking fans throughout the week via Twitter, Facebook and Instagram for their input on wardrobe, set design and visual effects. Each couple performed two full routines including an individual original dance and a trio dance. For the trio dance, couples had the opportunity to pick an eliminated pro or troupe member to enhance their performance and highlight the strengths of each star. The trio dance styles included the Argentine Tango, Paso Doble, Samba and Foxtrot.

For Broadway vet Janel Parrish and her partner Val Chmerkovskiy, America chose a Quick Step, which earned a score of 38 out of 40 for the couple.

In the trio round, Janel danced with her professional partner Valentin Chmerkovskiy and new DWTS's pro Keo Motsepe and earned a score of 39 out of 40 points.

Check out both performances below!

About Janel Parrish:

At the age of 6 Janel entered and won a statewide singing CONTEST 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.

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.

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 2013TEEN CHOICE AWARDS as well as a TV Guide Award nomination. Her love of musical theater also remains.

Other television credits includeDrop 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




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