Strictly Come Dancing star Pete Wicks dealt major blow ahead of this week's show

Former TOWIE prima Pete Wicks has recovered himself astatine the centre of a 'fix' contention pursuing a bid of debased scores but nary dance-offs - could his luck tally retired this week?

Pete Wicks has been dealt a large stroke arsenic Strictly heads into musicals week, with the bookies reckoning it could beryllium curtains for him and Jowita.

With this week's amusement the decider connected who bags a apical 5 spot and gets to conflict it retired successful the semi-finals, things aren't looking bully for TOWIE prima Pete. The 36-year-old has hung connected by the tegument of his teeth implicit caller weeks, pursuing a bid of debased scores from immoderate of the BBC creation show's judges.

Despite coming bottommost of the leaderboard past week, EastEnders prima Jamie Borthwick and Olympian Montell Douglas were near warring for their spot successful the competition, with Jamie being eliminated. According to the BBC, it's down to the public's vote, meaning not each poorly scored couples volition look the dance-off.

But it looks similar Pete's luck is up, with the world prima conscionable 4/7 to beryllium kicked disconnected the show. Close down him are Montell Douglas astatine 9/4 and JB Gill astatine 4/1 - the different 3 couples are 33/1 oregon bigger to beryllium eliminated successful a daze exit connected Sunday night.

Alex Apati of Ladbrokes said: "Pete's upset the likelihood successful caller weeks and inactive someway finds himself successful the competition, but he's wide favourite to beryllium fixed the footwear connected Sunday, arsenic we attack the concern extremity of Strictly."

After past week's scores, which saw Pete onshore himself astatine the bottommost of the leaderboard, fans were near livid erstwhile helium avoided the dance-off. Some adjacent accused the judges of overmarking Pete, with a immense 'fix' enactment erupting aft Jamie and Montell went up against each other.

But contempt the bookies' predictions, others deliberation Pete mightiness not beryllium rather done with his clip connected the show, aft confirming his adjacent show volition beryllium the Waltz. Spokesperson for SlotsCalendar, Viorel Stan, said: “Despite being touted arsenic a steadfast favourite to beryllium eliminated successful this weekend’s quarter-final, our probe has seemingly fixed Pete Wicks yet different lifeline successful this year’s variation of Strictly.

“Data collected since 2018 has recovered the Waltz – Pete’s chosen regular this play – is 1 of the safest dances successful the programme, contributing to conscionable a azygous elimination successful the past 7 series. Instead, it’s Sarah Hadland who has thrown caution to the upwind by performing the Charleston, which has led to a whopping 9 eliminations successful the aforesaid timeframe. Montell Douglas besides takes a hazard with the Rumba, liable for 5 eliminations, portion JB Gill’s Viennese Waltz has brought astir conscionable 2 exits.”

Experts reckon Chris McCausland is each but done to the semi-finals arsenic helium is acceptable to execute the Quickstep, which alongside Tasha Ghouri's Argentine Tango, has been liable for conscionable connected elimination since 2018.

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