Pete Wicks
English television personality (born 1988)

Pete Wicks
Born
Peter James Wicks

(1988-11-01) 1 November 1988 (age 37)
Harlow, Essex, England
OccupationTelevision personality
Television
PartnerJowita 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.

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of Tipping Point: Lucky Stars and appeared on the fourth series of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins.[17] He was medically withdrawn due to injury.[18] He has also made guest appearances on television series including Joe Lycett's Got Your Back,[19] CelebAbility,[20] Sunday Brunch,[21]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
Year Title Notes
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 Win Panellist
Strictly Come Dancing Contestant; series 22
2025 For Dogs' Sake Docuseries; U&W[31]

Books

  • 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.

References

  1. ^ "Strictly stars 'confirm' romance one year after competing on show". The Independent. 20 September 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  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. 20 March 2018.
  5. ^ Wightman, Catriona (2 March 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. 10 October 2018.
  9. ^ "Celebs Go Dating 2019 - Cast, start date and experts". Digital Spy. 25 February 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. 23 July 2020.
  14. ^ West, Amy (22 February 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. 20 January 2021.
  17. ^ Ison, Rianne (10 November 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. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  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 3 October 2023.
  25. ^ Campbell, Tina (8 April 2024). "Thompson & Wicks on Ant & Dec comparisons after selling out live shows". The Standard. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
  26. ^ PodcastingToday (25 June 2025). "Sam Thompson and Pete Wicks joy at TRIC Awards podcast win - PodcastingToday". podcastingtoday.co.uk. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  27. ^ "Josh Must Win celebs meet Josh for the first time in adorable first look". Radio Times. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  28. ^ "Pete Wicks is the seventh celebrity contestant confirmed for Strictly Come Dancing 2024". BBC Media Centre. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  29. ^ Hogan, Michael (8 December 2024). "Strictly Come Dancing: semi-final results – as it happened". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  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 19 December 2024.
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