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VIDEO: Janel Parrish Paso Dobles Her Way Into the Finals on DWTS

By: Nov. 18, 2014
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Five remaining couples advanced to the Semi-Finals and performed two routines during plugged/unplugged, on last night's DANCING WITH THE STARS. The semi-finalists performed to two different versions of the same song.

In the first round of the competition, the couples performed a Jazz, Quickstep, Samba, Paso Doble or Argentine Tango to an original or "plugged" version of their selected song. In round two of the competition, the couples performed an Argentine Tango, Rumba, or Contemporary routine to an acoustic or "unplugged" version of that same song.

In the 'Plugged' round, Broadway vet Janel Parrish and her partner Val Chmerkovskiy performed a Paso Doble, which earned a perfect score.

In the 'Unplugged' round, Janel danced with her professional partner Valentin Chmerkovskiy performed the Argentine Tango and earned a score of 38 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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