Sadie Robertson Teases 'Dancing With The Stars' Week 7 Performance With Mark Ballas, Opens Up About Her Family's Beliefs

Duck Dynasty's Sadie Robertson has always followed in her family's footsteps, especially when it comes to religion, but now she is sharing her faith on her own. The 17-year-old star opens up about her religious beliefs and her new Dancing With the Stars performance with Mark Ballas before tonight's all-new episode of the dancing show.

"For my whole life I've kind of been shadowing what my family says. They'll say something about my faith and I agree. But now, it's time for me to say, 'This is who I am as well.' I'm not hiding behind my family anymore, Sadie told TVGuide.com.

"I'm sharing my faith by myself, which has helped me to be more bold and more confident saying things. It's the same God; it's the same faith. It's just my opportunity to share it in my words. And I have enjoyed it. It's been good for me and I've grown a lot from it."

As for balancing her religious beliefs and her dancing moves, Sadie has finally gotten it under control. With the support of her partner Mark, Sadie has been able to stay true to herself and dominate on the dance floor too. Last week, Sadie and Mark took on a rumba, which is sexy by nature, but they toned it down and impressed the judges with their elegant take on the dance.

"So when [the judges] were so respectful of the dance and they loved it and appreciated me standing up for what I believed in, I just kind of felt like God blessed me with the judges liking the dance. ... It just paid off to do the right thing, and it just made me really emotional to finally get the hardest dance so far, in my opinion, out of the way and just be done with it. It felt really good," the 17-year-old told the publication.

For tonight's performance Sadie and Mark will be performing the paso doble, with a twisted story. "The story line is that I'm a little girl that's going through a cemetery – typical, right? – and then Mark is a zombie and he comes out of the grave and he's chasing me," she explained.

"The whole thing is very Halloween-themed. I honestly think it's kind of creepy, I'm not going to lie. I'm literally scared while we dance. Because he's going to be dressed as a zombie, and I don't do well with zombies."

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