The effect for week 9 of “Dancing With the Stars” brought an end to chad Ochocinco’s time on the dance competition.

On tonight’s result show, former contestant Joey Fatone and Melissa Rycroft did a stone and roll styled tango that had the former NSYNC-er dressed like a missing member of osculation Later on in the show, Rutgers University faced off against UT Valley University and finished VIII point below UVU. The Rutgers professional person dancer scored XXI out of 30, while Utah Valley University earned a 29 out of 30 after receiving award for the difficult modus operandi they performed that came across ever so effortless. It’s now up to audience members to determine which school will square off against Purdue in the college dance competition.

As for the music, the performing artist for the night were Sarah McLachlan and Miley Cyrus. McLachlan did a tame medley of her vocal week before she relaunches the Lilith tour Meanwhile, Miley Cyrus came out of a coop for her new bingle “Can’t Be Tamed” to promote her new adult like content The “Hannah Montana” star performed her single for the first time in a Beyonce-lite body suit on the dance competition. The dance routine looked heavily inspired by the picture for “Thriller” with a huge panache of everything Britney Spears thrown in.

Despite all the hay and theatrics, it was a somber night as the show bid adieu to Ochocinco. Erin Andrews, Nicole Scherzinger and Evan Lysacek will stick around for the final for the opportunity to be crowned the title-holder dancer and win the ball trophy And, while Ochocinco is out, he considers himself a winner “This was awesome, I enjoyed the journey, I got some great unfavorable judgment that only made me stronger. In my eyes, I’ve already won,” said Ochocinco. “I’ll be here as a professional next year.”