Strictly Come Dancing fans have been wowed by the progress of former The Only Way Is Essex star Pete Wicks . Pete , 36, and his dance partner, Jowita Przystal, took to the floor with their Quickstep to A Town Called Malice by The Jam, earning a total of 29 points out of 40. The pair looked emotional when they got their result and show fans took to social media to praise Pete's improvement since the programme began.
"Pete is what Strictly is all about for me," wrote @beartops123. "His progression and improvement in 4 weeks is extraordinary." Pete has fallen in love with dance but previous TV reality shows haven't always quite gone so well for the star.
The Strictly contestant was taking part in Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins in 2022 when he broke ribs jumping from a helicopter. Pete confessed he had had "no worries about that challenge" beforehand. "I genuinely thought this would be the challenge for me to show what I f****** got," he said.
"I got it wrong, I got it very wrong. I think my leg got a little bit caught in the bag and I went straight down onto the bag, knocked myself out and broke my ribs." "I felt dazed and confused," Pete continued on the Channel 4 show, speaking about the aftermath of his jump.
"I was struggling to move my upper body. Basically, I think where I'd hit the bag, and I think just the impact of being unconscious and everything else, I was very confused." The plucky star returned for this year's Celeb SAS but collapsed when single-handedly pulling a s.
