Pete Wicks has said he is experiencing mixed emotions as he prepares to compete in the 2024 year’s series of Strictly Come Dancing . The reality TV star, who shot to fame on ITVBe’s The Only Way Is Essex , was unveiled as a contestant on the BBC show alongside Tasha Ghouri on the Kiss FM Breakfast Show. He told Kiss: “It is a mixture of excited and absolutely petrified, genuinely petrified.
” Other stars who will be joining the lineup include Olympic swimmer Tom Dean, singer Wynne Evans, JLS star JB Gill, comedian Chris McCausland, and BBC Morning Live’s Dr Punam Krishan..