Strictly's Pete Wicks dramatically transforms into Freddie Mercury ahead of Icons Week

Pete Wicks is dancing a tribute to Freddie Mercury and Queen connected Strictly Come Dancing this week - and was pictured astatine Elstree Studios looking conscionable similar the legendary British singer

Strictly Come Dancing contestant Pete Wicks has been seen successful his Freddie Mercury outfit up of tonight's unrecorded show.

The erstwhile The Only Way Is Essex star, 36, was pictured smoking a cigaret portion holding his phone. Tonight, Strictly stars volition instrumentality to the level for the first-ever Icons Week, a marque caller taxable that celebrates the stars who person defined philharmonic history.

Pete, who is dancing a Salsa arsenic a tribute to Freddie Mercury and Queen with a medley including Another One Bites the Dust alongside Jowita Przystał, was pictured backstage astatine Elstree Studios, dressed up and looking conscionable similar the legendary singer. In an all-white outfit, made of trousers with a reddish stripe and a achromatic vest, Pete seemed to beryllium channelling his interior Freddie.

He completed his look styling his hairsbreadth conscionable similar the singer, with his moustache besides resembling Freddie's. Taking a interruption from preparations for this evening's unrecorded show, Pete was watching Queen videos connected his telephone portion smoking a cigarette, arsenic a subordinate of accumulation laughed portion walking past.

Earlier this week, Pete and Jowita joined Janette Manrara connected It Takes Two sermon however grooming had been implicit the past fewer days. Janette asked: "Jowita, bash you deliberation that taking connected a relation similar helium did past week, and present doing it again this week is going to assistance Pete with the dance?"

"Urm... I think..." she hesitated earlier Wicks teased: "She's been with maine each week and sounds convinced." Jowita continued: "No, I think. The 1 happening that Pete has precise akin to Freddie is his show mode and a moustache.

"Genuinely, helium goes into show mode truthful rapidly and I deliberation each clip connected Saturday night, I consciousness close present that helium is performing but besides dancing. Like 2 weeks I consciousness similar helium is not lone performing but besides dancing, truthful helium combines some of them. So I americium not disquieted astir the performance." Then Janette asked Jowita what she is disquieted about, and Pete stepped in, admitting that helium is disquieted astir lifts.

Jowita besides described Pete arsenic "such a gentleman" arsenic she praised his "old fashioned soul" erstwhile she discussed their "connection". Speaking connected It Takes Two connected Thursday night, Jowita revealed: "I deliberation Pete is specified a man and helium puts his arms successful a framework and clasp maine and ever likes to beryllium successful interaction with me. I consciousness he's specified an aged schoolhouse aged fashioned psyche truthful helium likes that transportation erstwhile we bash ballroom. I deliberation helium likes to person power implicit maine truthful that's wherefore helium likes ballroom."

The brace besides appeared connected This Morning and Pete was quizzed astir his "love bubble" with Jowita connected the ITV show. But helium said: "It's not a emotion bubble unfortunately, you came successful aboriginal that was astir 30 seconds. We person large chemistry due to the fact that we’ve go specified bully friends. She’s 1 of the astir astonishing radical I’ve ever met, genuinely, not conscionable successful the dancing broadside of things, but extracurricular of that, and I deliberation that helps america with the dancing."

When asked if the rumours fuss him, Pete added: "It's ever the same. I'm utilized to it. For 10 years that's each anyone has ever truly been funny in, is that broadside of stuff. But we don't truly perceive to each of that." In photos shared with The Sun earlier this week, Pete could beryllium seen smiling portion hugging Maura Higgins astatine eastbound London hotspot Gloria.

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