Pete Wicks

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Pete Wicks
Born
Peter James Wicks

(1988-11-01) 1 November 1988 (age 36)
Harlow, Essex, England
OccupationTelevision personality
Television
Partner Jowita Przystał (2025–present) [1]

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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Life and career

Peter James Wicks was born on 1 November 1988 in Harlow, Essex. [2] [3] In 2015, Wicks joined the cast of The Only Way Is Essex for its fifteenth series. [4] [5] From 2016 to 2017, he was in a relationship with Ex on the Beach star Megan McKenna. [6]

In 2018, Wicks was a contestant on Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls . [7] [8] In 2019, Wicks appeared on the sixth series of Celebs Go Dating . [9] [10] He later returned to the series the following year during the COVID-19 pandemic to appear on Celebs Go Virtual Dating. [11] Later in 2020, Wicks was a contestant on Celebrity MasterChef . [12] [13] 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. [14] They were runners-up of the series. [15] [16] In 2022, Wicks appeared on an episode of Tipping Point: Lucky Stars and appeared on the fourth series of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins . [17] He was medically withdrawn due to injury. [18] He has also made guest appearances on television series including Joe Lycett's Got Your Back , [19] CelebAbility , [20] Sunday Brunch , [21] Celebrity Juice , [22] and Supermarket Sweep . [23] He appeared on Celebs Go Dating for his third time in 2022. [24] 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. [25] In June 2025, the podcast won its first award at the annual Television and Radio Industries Club. [26]

Between March and April 2024, Wicks appeared on The Underdog: Josh Must Win, [27] 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. [28] and reached the semi-final in week 12. [29]

In 2025, Wicks presented docuseries For Dogs' Sake for U&W, which was filmed at the Dogs Trust rehoming centre in Basildon. [30]

Filmography

As himself
YearTitleNotes
2015–2022 The Only Way Is Essex Series regular
2018 Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls Contestant
2019, 2022 Celebs Go Dating Cast member; series 6 & 11
2020 Celebrity MasterChef Contestant; series 15
Celebs Go Virtual Dating Virtual; due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 The Celebrity Circle Contestant; third place
2022 Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins Contestant; series 4
2023 The Real Full Monty: Jingle Balls Cast member
2024 Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins Contestant; series 6
The Underdog: Josh Must WinPanellist
Strictly Come Dancing Contestant; series 22
2025For Dogs' SakeDocuseries; U&W [31]

Books

References

  1. ↑ "Strictly stars 'confirm' romance one year after competing on show". The Independent. 2025-09-20. Retrieved 2025-09-20.
  2. ↑ "Peter James WICKS". gov.uk. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "Who is Pete Wicks?". Heart.
  4. ↑ "TOWIE's Pete Wicks opens up about his most uncomfortable moment on camera". Digital Spy . March 20, 2018.
  5. ↑ Wightman, Catriona (March 2, 2016). "10 pictures that prove that Pete Wicks is just the nicest man on TOWIE". Digital Spy .
  6. ↑ "TOWIE's Pete Wicks speaks out about Megan McKenna split". Heat . 22 March 2017. Archived from the original on 25 February 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls 2018 line-up revealed". Radio Times.
  8. ↑ "Celebrity Island's Pete Wicks and Bear Grylls clash over pig-gate at finale". Digital Spy . October 10, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Celebs Go Dating 2019 - Cast, start date and experts". Digital Spy . February 25, 2019.
  10. ↑ "Celebs Go Dating announce brand new line-up including a RETURNING candidate". Hits Radio.
  11. ↑ "Celebs Go Virtual Dating - All 4". www.channel4.com.
  12. ↑ "Meet Celebrity MasterChef 2020 contestant Pete Wicks". Radio Times.
  13. ↑ "Pete Wicks "couldn't boil an egg" before doing Celeb MasterChef". Digital Spy . July 23, 2020.
  14. ↑ West, Amy (February 22, 2021). "The Celebrity Circle teams up Made in Chelsea and TOWIE stars". Digital Spy .
  15. ↑ "Who are Sam Thompson and Pete Wicks? Meet The Celebrity Circle 2021 contestants". Radio Times.
  16. ↑ "MIC's Sam Thompson and TOWIE's Pete Wicks announce new show". Digital Spy . January 20, 2021.
  17. ↑ Ison, Rianne (November 10, 2021). "Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins full line-up including Ferne McCann and Pete Wicks". OK! Magazine.
  18. ↑ "Pete Wicks 'haunted' after medical withdrawal from Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins". Independent.ie. 2022-09-11. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  19. ↑ "Interview with Joe Lycett ahead of the return of Joe Lycett's Got Your Back | Channel 4". www.channel4.com.
  20. ↑ Guide, British Comedy. "Does Pete Wicks dip his wick? - CelebAbility". British Comedy Guide.
  21. ↑ "Sunday Brunch - Sara Cox, Tori Kelly, Giles Coren, James Locke, Pete Wicks - TheTVDB.com". thetvdb.com.
  22. ↑ Guide, British Comedy. "Celebrity Juice Series 24, Episode 5". British Comedy Guide.
  23. ↑ "Which celebrities have signed up for Supermarket Sweep?". County Times.
  24. ↑ "Celebs Go Dating - Series 11: Episode 13 | Channel 4". www.channel4.com. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  25. ↑ Campbell, Tina (2024-04-08). "Thompson & Wicks on Ant & Dec comparisons after selling out live shows". The Standard. Retrieved 2025-05-29.
  26. ↑ PodcastingToday (2025-06-25). "Sam Thompson and Pete Wicks joy at TRIC Awards podcast win - PodcastingToday". podcastingtoday.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-07-02.
  27. ↑ "Josh Must Win celebs meet Josh for the first time in adorable first look". Radio Times. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
  28. ↑ "Pete Wicks is the seventh celebrity contestant confirmed for Strictly Come Dancing 2024". BBC Media Centre . Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  29. ↑ Hogan, Michael (2024-12-08). "Strictly Come Dancing: semi-final results – as it happened". The Guardian . Retrieved 2024-12-08.
  30. ↑ Halford, Jodie (7 January 2025). "Strictly's Pete Wicks fronts new 'dog-umentary'". BBC News .
  31. ↑ "Here's everything you need to know about Pete Wicks' NEW TV show coming in January | Dogs Trust". www.dogstrust.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
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