Pete Wicks has fallen at the last hurdle as he becomes the eleventh celebrity to leave ‘Strictly Come Dancing' 2024.
During the Results Show following this weekend's live semi-final Pete and his partner Jowita Przystał lost the dance-off to Tasha Ghouri and her partner Aljaž Skorjanec. Both couples each performed one of their routines again; Tasha and Aljaž performed their Waltz to ‘(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman' by Aretha Franklin. Then, Pete and Jowita performed their Argentine Tango to ‘Bitter Sweet Symphony' by The Verve.
Following the dance-off all of the judges voted to save Tasha and Aljaž meaning that it was finally time for Pete and Jowita to leave the competition.
When asked by Tess about his time in the competition Pete said: “It's been wild. I've been quite honest about the fact that I didn't necessarily want to do this [Strictly] in the first place, but everyone else wanted me to do it, and I am so, so glad that I did it! You don't always have to be the best, but if you enjoy something then why shouldn't you have a go at it? I've tried my best from day one, I said I was in for a penny, in for a pound and I've done it, it's been beautiful.”
When asked about his dance partner Jowita, Pete added: “There's a lot of things I'm going to take away from this, but one of the most special things is you [to Jowita] and I mean that, because you're one of the most incredible people – not just as a dancer – but as a person. You've been a ray of sunshine for me. You've helped me through things in the past three months that I didn't think I could do and you made me believe in myself and that means more to me than anything.”
Jowita said: “I just want to say thank you, thank you for the trust you have given me since day one. I know it wasn’t easy, but with your hard work, your commitment and your heart, which is the most amazing thing, you were winning every week! For me, every dance was special… even the Cha Cha in Blackpool! Remember on day one you said ‘I’m not going to stay long in this competition because I cannot dance’ but now I can say to you, yes you can.”
Tonight's Results Show featured performances from Becky Hill and Raye.
‘Strictly Come Dancing' 2024 reaches the Grand Final next weekend. You can tune in to BBC One at 6pm on Saturday to watch it and find out who will win the series!
