'Dancing With the Stars' 2014: Tommy Chong Stops Short of Finals in Week 10

— -- Comedian Tommy Chong was voted off “Dancing With the Stars” Monday night after weeks of defying the odds and just one week before the finals of the ABC dance competition.

Chong, 76, is the oldest competitor to have made it so far in the 19 seasons of the show and his performances scored at or near the bottom of the leaderboard throughout the season.

When co-host Erin Andrews asked Chong what his time on the show meant to him, he replied: “Everything,” adding that it just “showed that ... old stoners can perform when they need to.”

Each couple had to perform two routines. The first dance was set to a song, and the second featured a different dance style set to an “unplugged” -- or musically stripped-down -- version of the song from the first routine.

Returning on Nov. 24 to compete for the mirrorball trophy are actress Janel Parrish, YouTube star Bethany Mota, “Duck Dynasty” star Sadie Robertson and actor Alfonso Ribeiro. An injury during rehearsals last week had threatened to sideline Ribeiro for the remainder of the competition but the actor danced tonight despite his injury.