Who is Pete Wicks? Meet Strictly Come Dancing 2024 contestant and TOWIE star
Pete Wicks and Jowita Przystał are currently tearing up the dancefloor.
Strictly Come Dancing 2024 is in full swing, with the glamorous series returning for yet another live episode this weekend.
Pete Wicks found himself at the bottom of the leaderboard for another week last Saturday as he scored 29 points prior to the Sambathon.
During a recent episode of It Takes Two, the reality star admitted he was shocked when he heard he was voted through last weekend.
"I thought I was going [home] since Week 1, so every week is a surprise, but that is possibly the biggest shocker of the lot," he told host Fleur East.
"I didn’t really understand as we were in the last two and I thought they meant that Montell [Douglas] had gone through," he added.
"And then when they went red [the lighting], I was like 'Have they got that wrong? What's going on?' Yeah, it was very weird."
As he takes on another week on the dance floor, who exactly is Pete Wicks? Read on to find out more about the Strictly Come Dancing contestant, including what he has said about joining the line-up.
Who is Pete Wicks?
Age: 36
Job: TV personality
Instagram: @p_wicks01
Partner: Jowita Przystał
Pete Wicks is a reality TV star best known for his time on the ITVBe series The Only Way Is Essex. He appeared on the series from 2015 to 2022 and has appeared in multiple reality series over the years.
Most notably, he has taken part in Celebs Go Dating, Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins and The Celebrity Circle. He has also appeared on CelebAbility, Celebrity Juice and The Real Full Monty.
As of 2024, Wicks appeared on Channel 4's experimental new show The Underdog: Josh Must Win alongside Nick Grimshaw, Vicky Pattison and Amber Rose Gill.
He also co-hosts the Staying Relevant podcast alongside Sam Thompson, which has had over five million downloads to date.
Pete Wicks's Strictly journey so far
Scoreboard
Week 1: Paso Doble (4+5+3+5) = 17
Week 2: American Smooth (4+6+6+6) = 22
Week 3: Samba (6+6+7+7) = 26
Week 4: Quickstep (7+7+8+7) = 29
Week 5: Rumba (4+5+6+7) = 22
Week 6: Viennese Waltz ( 7+8+8+8) = 31
Week 7: Salsa (4+6+6=6) = 22
Week 8: Couple's Choice (8+9+10+9) = 36
Week 9: Cha Cha (4+7+8+8) = 27
Week 10: Tango (6+7+8+8) + 3 = 32
What is Pete Wicks dancing to in Week 11 on Strictly?
Pete and dance partner Jowita will be dancing the Waltz to Somewhere from West Side Story.
What has Pete Wicks said about Strictly Come Dancing?
In a statement, Wicks said: "Dancing live in front of the nation every Saturday? Absolutely terrifying. But anyone who knows me knows I love a challenge and trying new things, so I'm genuinely looking forward to getting stuck in."
The news was announced on Kiss FM's Breakfast Show in which he revealed that when he told best friend Sam, he cried!
"I am not even joking," Pete explained. "He screamed and jumped up and down and cried and planned that every Saturday he will be at the show."
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Strictly Come Dancing continues on Saturday 30th November at 7:05pm on BBC One and iPlayer.
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Authors
Katelyn Mensah is the Entertainment and Factual Writer for Radio Times, covering all major entertainment programmes, reality TV shows and the latest hard-hitting documentaries. She previously worked at The Tab, with a focus on reality TV and showbiz news and has obtained a BA (Hons) in Journalism.
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