Strictly fans work out real reason Pete Wicks was saved from the dance off – despite being bottom of the leaderboard

STRICTLY fans person worked retired the 'real reason' Pete Wicks was saved from the creation disconnected - contempt landing astatine the bottommost of the leaderboard.

Saturday night's Strictly Come Dancing saw Pete, 36, and his nonrecreational spouse Jowita Przystal creation the Cha Cha.

But contempt the regular being criticised by viewers for Pete's galore mistakes, they managed to debar the creation off.

Instead Wynne Evans and Katya Jones faced Montell Douglas and Johannes Radebe, with Wynne getting the boot.

And fans deliberation Pete's costume - which included skintight pinkish PVC trousers - is what saved him.

Writing connected societal media, 1 said: "I tin lone presume radical were voting for the pinkish trousers arsenic it definite arsenic hellhole wasn't the dancing!"

Someone other wrote: "So however the hellhole did Pink Pete not beryllium successful the dance-off?

"His Cha Cha was the worst creation of the night! Must person been the Pink trousers that won it for him."

And a 3rd added: "Please ballot for the dancing, not the pinkish trousers! He was shocking."

Fans besides called for caput justice Shirley Ballas to beryllium axed for 'over-scoring' Pete.

After Shirley gave them an eight, 1 wrote: "Need Shirley to permission aft this series. So f****** unprofessional. Pete gets 'very entertaining' for that."

Another said: "Shirley losing each credibility arsenic a judge."

And idiosyncratic other srote: "No substance what Pete does Shirley praises him."