Pete Wicks

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Pete Wicks
Born
Peter James Wicks

(1988-11-01) 1 November 1988 (age 35)
Harlow, Essex, England
OccupationTelevision personality
Television The Only Way Is Essex (2015–2022)
Celebs Go Dating (2019, 2020, 2022)
Celebrity MasterChef (2020)
The Celebrity Circle (2021)

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 .

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Life and career

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 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 [16] He was medically withdrawn due to injury.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.

In 2024, Wicks appeared on The Underdog: Josh Must Win [24] , aired on Channel 4 alongside Nick Grimshaw, Vicky Pattinson and Amber Rose Gill.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015–2022 The Only Way Is Essex Himself ITV2
2018 Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls Contestant Channel 4
2019,2022 Celebs Go Dating HimselfSeries 6; Series 11
2020 Celebrity MasterChef ContestantSeries 15
2020 Celebs Go Virtual Dating HimselfVirtual; due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 The Celebrity Circle ContestantRunner up
2022 Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins ContestantSeries 4
2023 The Real Full Monty: Jingle Balls Himself
2024 Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins Contestant
2024The Underdog: Josh Must WinHimselfChannel 4

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