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][3] In 2015, Wicks joined the cast of The Only Way Is Essex for its fifteenth series.[4][5] From 2016 to 2017, he was in a relationship with Ex on the Beach star Megan McKenna.[6]

In 2018, Wicks was a contestant on Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls.[7][8] In 2019, Wicks appeared on the sixth series of Celebs Go Dating.[9][10]He later returned to the series the following year during the COVID-19 pandemic to appear on Celebs Go Virtual Dating.[11] Later in 2020, Wicks was a contestant on Celebrity MasterChef.[12][13] 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.[14] They were runners-up of the series.[15][16] In 2022, Wicks appeared on an episode of Tipping Point: Lucky Stars and appeared on the fourth series of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins.[17] He was medically withdrawn due to injury.[18] He has also made guest appearances on television series including Joe Lycett's Got Your Back,[19] CelebAbility,[20] Sunday Brunch,[21] Celebrity Juice,[22] and Supermarket Sweep.[23] He appeared on Celebs Go Dating for his third time in 2022. [24]

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
2024 Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins Contestant

References

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