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Pete Wicks
English television personality (born 1988) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Peter James Wicks (born 1 November 1988) is an English television personality who was a cast member on the ITVBe reality series The Only Way Is Essex. Between September and December 2024, he was a contestant on the twenty-second series of Strictly Come Dancing, partnered with professional dancer Jowita Przystał.
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Peter James Wicks was born on 1 November 1988 in Harlow, Essex.[1][2] In 2015, Wicks joined the cast of The Only Way Is Essex for its fifteenth series.[3][4] From 2016 to 2017, he was in a relationship with Ex on the Beach star Megan McKenna.[5]
In 2018, Wicks was a contestant on Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls.[6][7] In 2019, Wicks appeared on the sixth series of Celebs Go Dating.[8][9] He later returned to the series the following year during the COVID-19 pandemic to appear on Celebs Go Virtual Dating.[10] Later in 2020, Wicks was a contestant on Celebrity MasterChef.[11][12] In April 2021, Wicks joined The Celebrity Circle alongside his best friend Sam Thompson to play for money for charity by catfishing as Countdown presenter Rachel Riley.[13] They were runners-up of the series.[14][15] In 2022, Wicks appeared on an episode of Tipping Point: Lucky Stars and appeared on the fourth series of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins.[16] He was medically withdrawn due to injury.[17] He has also made guest appearances on television series including Joe Lycett's Got Your Back,[18] CelebAbility,[19] Sunday Brunch,[20] Celebrity Juice,[21] and Supermarket Sweep.[22] He appeared on Celebs Go Dating for his third time in 2022.[23] In 2023, Wicks participated in the Christmas edition of The Real Full Monty.
Since 2022, Wicks has been co-host of the podcast Staying Relevant with Sam Thompson. A live tour is due to take place in 2024.[24] In June 2025, the podcast won its first award at the annual Television and Radio Industries Club.[25]
Between March and April 2024, Wicks appeared on The Underdog: Josh Must Win,[26] aired on Channel 4 alongside Nick Grimshaw, Vicky Pattinson and Amber Rose Gill. Between September and December 2024, Wicks was a contestant on the twenty-second series of Strictly Come Dancing, partnered with professional dancer Jowita Przystał.[27] and reached the semi-final in week 12.[28]
In 2025, Wicks presented docuseries For Dogs' Sake for U&W, which was filmed at the Dogs Trust rehoming centre in Basildon.[29]
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- Never Enough: My words unfiltered (September 2024)
- Wicks, Pete (22 February 2018). For the Love of Frenchies: The Dogs that Changed my Life. Random House. ISBN 978-0-7535-4900-1.
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