Strictly’s Pete Wicks dealt crushing blow ahead of week 10 and ‘brand-new challenge’

STRICTLY'S Pete Wicks has been dealt a crushing stroke up of a 'brand-new challenge' successful week 10.

Towie prima Pete, 35, is the 11-10 favourite with starring bookmaker Coral to beryllium eliminated from the contention this weekend.

It comes conscionable days up of the show’s upcoming installment, which promises a large situation for the remaining contestants.

Pete faces expanding unit connected the creation floor, and the likelihood suggest helium whitethorn beryllium the adjacent personage to permission the competition.

He is expected to look a pugnacious conflict successful the upcoming dance-off, with Montell Douglas, the 5-2 2nd favourite, besides successful information of elimination.

In the contention for the Glitterball Trophy, Chris McCausland is firmly successful the lead, present priced astatine 1-4, with Sarah Hadland trailing down astatine 4-1.

Coral’s John Hill said, “Pete Wicks tops the betting to beryllium the latest contestant to permission Strictly Come Dancing this weekend. We deliberation helium could beryllium successful the dance-off with Montell.”

The likelihood for the adjacent elimination amusement Pete Wicks astatine 11-10, followed by Montell Douglas astatine 5-2, JB Gill astatine 7-2, Jamie Borthwick astatine 6-1, Sarah Hadland astatine 66-1, and Chris McCausland astatine 100-1.

This week Pete and Jowita volition creation the Tango to Easy Lover by Phillip Bailey and Phil Collins.

It comes aft fans 'worked out' the crushed Pete avoided the bottommost 2 past week.

For their Blackpool week Cha Cha Pete wore a brace of skintight pinkish PVC trousers.

After Pete faced disapproval for the performance, viewers insisted it was his costume that 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."