Pete Wicks
Born
Peter James Wicks

(1988-11-01) 1 November 1988
Harlow, Essex, England
OccupationTelevision personality
TelevisionThe Only Way Is Essex (2015–2022)
Celebs Go Dating (2019, 2020, 2022)
Celebrity MasterChef (2020)
The Celebrity Circle (2021)

Peter James Wicks (born 1 November 1988) is an English television personality who was a cast member on the ITVBe reality series The Only Way Is Essex.

Life and career

Wicks was born on 1 November 1988 in Harlow, Essex.[1][2] In 2015, Wicks joined the cast of The Only Way Is Essex for its fifteenth series.[3][4] From 2016 to 2017, he was in a relationship with Ex on the Beach star Megan McKenna.[5]

In 2018, Wicks was a contestant on Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls.[6][7] In 2019, Wicks appeared on the sixth series of Celebs Go Dating.[8][9]He later returned to the series the following year during the COVID-19 pandemic to appear on Celebs Go Virtual Dating.[10] Later in 2020, Wicks was a contestant on Celebrity MasterChef.[11][12] In April 2021, Wicks joined The Celebrity Circle alongside his friend Sam Thompson to play for money for charity by catfishing as Countdown presenter Rachel Riley.[13] They were runners-up of the series.[14][15] In 2022, Wicks appeared on an episode of Tipping Point: Lucky Stars and appeared on the fourth series of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins.[16] He was medically withdrawn due to injury.[17] He has also made guest appearances on television series including Joe Lycett's Got Your Back,[18] CelebAbility,[19] Sunday Brunch,[20] Celebrity Juice,[21] and Supermarket Sweep.[22] He appeared on Celebs Go Dating for his third time in 2022. [23] In 2023, Wicks participated in the Christmas edition of The Real Full Monty.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2015–2022 The Only Way Is Essex Himself ITV2
2018 Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls Contestant Channel 4
2019,2022 Celebs Go Dating Himself Series 6; Series 11
2020 Celebrity MasterChef Contestant Series 15
2020 Celebs Go Virtual Dating Himself Virtual; due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 The Celebrity Circle Contestant Runner up
2022 Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins Contestant Series 4
2023 The Real Full Monty: Jingle Balls Himself
2024 Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins Contestant

References

  1. ↑ "Peter James WICKS". gov.uk. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  2. ↑ "Who is Pete Wicks?". Heart.
  3. ↑ "TOWIE's Pete Wicks opens up about his most uncomfortable moment on camera". Digital Spy. March 20, 2018.
  4. ↑ Wightman, Catriona (March 2, 2016). "10 pictures that prove that Pete Wicks is just the nicest man on TOWIE". Digital Spy.
  5. ↑ "TOWIE's Pete Wicks speaks out about Megan McKenna split". Heat. 22 March 2017. Archived from the original on 25 February 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls 2018 line-up revealed". Radio Times.
  7. ↑ "Celebrity Island's Pete Wicks and Bear Grylls clash over pig-gate at finale". Digital Spy. October 10, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Celebs Go Dating 2019 - Cast, start date and experts". Digital Spy. February 25, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Celebs Go Dating announce brand new line-up including a RETURNING candidate". Hits Radio.
  10. ↑ "Celebs Go Virtual Dating - All 4". www.channel4.com.
  11. ↑ "Meet Celebrity MasterChef 2020 contestant Pete Wicks". Radio Times.
  12. ↑ "Pete Wicks "couldn't boil an egg" before doing Celeb MasterChef". Digital Spy. July 23, 2020.
  13. ↑ West, Amy (February 22, 2021). "The Celebrity Circle teams up Made in Chelsea and TOWIE stars". Digital Spy.
  14. ↑ "Who are Sam Thompson and Pete Wicks? Meet The Celebrity Circle 2021 contestants". Radio Times.
  15. ↑ "MIC's Sam Thompson and TOWIE's Pete Wicks announce new show". Digital Spy. January 20, 2021.
  16. ↑ Ison, Rianne (November 10, 2021). "Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins full line-up including Ferne McCann and Pete Wicks". OK! Magazine.
  17. ↑ "Pete Wicks 'haunted' after medical withdrawal from Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins". Independent.ie. 2022-09-11. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  18. ↑ "Interview with Joe Lycett ahead of the return of Joe Lycett's Got Your Back | Channel 4". www.channel4.com.
  19. ↑ Guide, British Comedy. "Does Pete Wicks dip his wick? - CelebAbility". British Comedy Guide.
  20. ↑ "Sunday Brunch - Sara Cox, Tori Kelly, Giles Coren, James Locke, Pete Wicks - TheTVDB.com". thetvdb.com.
  21. ↑ Guide, British Comedy. "Celebrity Juice Series 24, Episode 5". British Comedy Guide.
  22. ↑ "Which celebrities have signed up for Supermarket Sweep?". County Times.
  23. ↑ "Celebs Go Dating - Series 11: Episode 13 | Channel 4". www.channel4.com. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
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