Strictly Come Dancing's Pete Wicks has shared a poignant acknowledgment about his time on the BBC show. Appearing on Monday's edition of spin-off It Takes Two (November 25), Pete was joined by professional dance partner Jowita Przystal as they discussed their progress to the quarter-finals.

Sam Thompson is away on I'm A Celebrity duty and his BFF Pete Wicks is clearly missing his support after another sticky week for the TOWIE star on Strictly Come Dancing

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We’re now ten weeks into this year’s Strictly and I can’t believe the British public are still falling for Pete Wicks’s schtick. His inexplicable popularity has completely overridden the limitations of his dance ability.

Pete Wicks has apologised after he was kept in Strictly Come Dancing over Jamie Borthwick as some viewers slammed his continued presence on the BBC dance show.

Strictly star Pete Wicks has expressed his thanks and bemusement as fans sent him to the popular BBC dance shows quarterfinals. The 36-year-old and pro dance partner Jowita Przystal avoided the Week 10 dance-off despite finishing bottom of the leaderboard on this weekend’s show.

Speaking on spin-off It Takes Two, he said it was the "biggest shock" he'd had so far in the competition and that he wondered whether there had been a mix-up. Wicks told host Fleur East that he always expects to be handed his marching orders on the show, so when it was announced that he was safe he was taken aback.

The latest results show of Strictly Come Dancing saw Jamie Borthwick leave the show - with Pete Wicks being saved by the public and sailing through to the next week