Pete Wicks' biggest Strictly Come Dancing fear and closest friends supporting him

TOWIE turned Strictly prima Pete Wicks has revealed his biggest fearfulness portion aiming for the Glitterball Trophy, which luckily helium hasn't experienced truthful acold during the competition

Pete Wick's 2nd week connected the creation level was a immense improvement, but 1 fearfulness inactive haunts him.

The Only Way Is Essex alum got disconnected to a bumpy commencement aft signing up to the 20th bid of Strictly Come Dancing. Partnered up with pro dancer Jowita Przystal, the brace lone scored 17 connected their archetypal dance: a paso doble to Breathe by The Prodigy.

However, judges were overmuch much blessed with the world TV star's American Smooth regular to I Had Some Help by Post Malone, which landed him a overmuch much respectable 22 points and managed to debar elimination. As we participate the 3rd week of the competition, let's anticipation Pete's biggest nightmare doesn't travel true.

After announcing his debut connected the show, the 36-year-old celeb, from Harlow, revealed helium was 'absolutely terrified' but was 'genuinely looking guardant to getting stuck in'. Motivated to triumph the Glitterball Trophy to marque his precocious nan, Doreen, arrogant - Pete courageously told KISS FM: "I didn't get a accidental to marque her arrogant earlier she died. Trying caller things is important to me, due to the fact that hopefully, she's watching, and she volition beryllium proud."

When asked what his biggest fearfulness astir taking portion connected the amusement was, the prima didn't hesitate to reply: "The happening radical are astir tense astir is falling level connected your look truthful it's astir apt that. There [are] a batch of stairs, it's not adjacent the dancing, radical tally up the stairs to speech to Tess and Claudia and I volition astir apt conscionable descent backmost down."

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But, watching him from the sidelines and cheering him connected nary substance what the judges deliberation volition beryllium I'm A Celeb victor and Made In Chelsea prima Sam Thompson, whose girlfriend Zara McDermott took portion successful past year's Strictly. The friends contiguous the podcast Staying Relevant unneurotic aft gathering connected Celebs Go Dating backmost successful 2018 wherever they became adjacent friends.

Pete revealed Sam 'cried' erstwhile helium recovered retired his person had signed up to Strictly, adding: "I americium not adjacent joking, helium screamed and jumped up and down and cried and planned that each Saturday helium volition beryllium astatine the show. He is making T-shirts, the feline truly needs to get a life. He’s my fig 1 instrumentality successful life, helium is benignant of similar Martha from Baby Reindeer, that is our relationship."

Strictly Come Dancing airs each Saturday connected BBC One.

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