Strictly Come Dancing's Pete Wicks leaves fans divided with Freddie Mercury routine

Strictly Come Dancing contestant Pete Wicks performed a salsa to Queen's Another One Bites the Dust with his creation spouse Jowita Przystał connected the latest occurrence of the BBC show

Fans person addressed Pete Wicks' latest regular Strictly Come Dancing amid the judges commenting that helium had made a mates of mistakes successful the performance.

The world TV star, 36, returned to the dancefloor with Jowita Przystał, 30, connected Saturday nighttime arsenic portion of the BBC show's Icons Week. Dressed arsenic the precocious Freddie Mercury, Pete performed to a salsa to Queen's Another One Bites the Dust. He was heard apologising to his creation spouse Jowita astatine the extremity of the routine, with her past reassuring him.

The regular was met with disapproval from the judges, though they besides praised Pete for continuing aft evident errors, and fans astatine location shared their thoughts connected X, formerly known arsenic Twitter. One instrumentality wrote: "Not wholly definite wherever the salsa was successful that but I'm loving the 'tache." Another said: "Lots of acrobatics from Jowita but nary salsa from Pete unfortunately."

A 3rd commented: "He's apologising. He knows it was s**t." Someone other wrote: "Well the existent salsa is atrocious but astatine slightest helium looks bully doing it." Another said: "Well I'm acrophobic each Pete did was basal and faff astir with a spot of walking thrown in."

Others expressed sympathy for Pete, with 1 instrumentality writing: "I felt similar helium ne'er genuinely got retired of the 2nd cogwheel which that fumble didn't truly assistance him and astir apt knocked his confidence." Alongside a crying emoji, 1 instrumentality wrote: "Ohhhh Pete. He did a large occupation astatine being freddie tho."

Another said: "Think determination was excessively galore lifts successful that Pete regular but helium looked the portion and enactment his each into it. Don't deliberation helium deserves to spell location yet!" Someone wrote: "I'm gutted for Pete helium whitethorn find himself successful the creation off." Whilst 1 instrumentality wrote: "Pete don’t beryllium huffy astatine yourself you did well, yes you did mistakes but you tin hole them and get backmost connected way adjacent week."

During the feedback from the judges, Shirley Ballas told Pete that helium made "quite a batch of mistakes" but shared that she was "impressed" with however helium "picked it up". She said: "You carried connected similar a trooper. You did your lifts!"

Anton Du Beke described the lifts arsenic "spectacular". Craig Revel Horwood said it lacked "fluidity" and that the "timing was out," but said helium "loved" the lifts. "The characterisation was brilliant," helium added. Motsi Mabuse said helium did a "great job" connected the lifts.

Later, whilst debriefing with Claudia Winkleman, Pete shared: "We've had a spot of a pugnacious week. There's been injuries and each sorts this week but listen, we're inactive here, we got done it. What other tin you do." Jowita described him arsenic a "fighter" and said she was "proud" that helium kept going successful the dance.

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