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Known for being consistently inconsistent, former fastest man in the world Maurice Greene kept up his yo-yo trend, slipping a few points from his scores last week. Though this time, it’s hard to say why.

The panel had nothing but praise for Maurice after he and Cheryl Burke raced across the floor in a complex quickstep. In fact, the judges each pointed out his improved posture and footwork. Still, they only handed him a matching set of eights for the dance.

Maurice saw a repeat of that score for his paso doble. It’s a shame, really, given his built-in advantage after taking on the paso in last week’s winning team dance. He even aced the solo spot — though it was almost a gimme in a dance that frequently features a lone cape-twirling segment anyway.

Still, after another round of compliments, Maurice ended the night with just 48 out of 60.

At least the Olympian wasn’t the only one landing that score. He shared the honor with “Hannah Montana” star Cody Linley.

Cody, who landed in last place last week, and his replacement partner, Edyta Sliwinska, started things out with a weak foxtrot. Technically speaking the dance wasn’t too bad, but the loss of Cody’s usual partner, Julianne Hough, shows.

One problem is that Edyta doesn’t choreograph to Cody’s strengths, the biggest of which is his youthful energy. Worst yet, Cody just doesn’t share the same chemistry with her that he had with Julianne.

If that weren’t enough to hold him back, Carrie Ann lived up to her lift-spotting legend, and knocked off a point for a tiny infraction, leaving the pair with another set of eights all around.

It was more of the same in the mambo, and not just where the score was concerned. The dance was disjointed, or as Bruno called it, “spasmodic,” and just didn’t work. And the less said about the teen’s pelvis-thrusting solo the better. Seriously.

One more star is set to say goodbye before next week’s semifinals begin. The scores have Maurice and Cody in a dead-heat for last place this week, but Lance is only two points ahead of them. With the talent margin that close, so it’s bound to come down a battle of the fan bases. In other words, watch out, Maurice.

Ree Hines is a frequent contributor to Msnbc.com

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