Strictly Come Dancing star Pete Wicks received an emotional message of support from his close friend Vicky Pattison ahead of the final.
The Only Way Is Essex star is paired up with Jowita Przystał and made it all the way to the final weeks of the BBC competition. Ahead of the finals, Geordie Shore icon Vicky took to social media to share a selfie taken with Pete - who attended her wedding to Ercan Ramadan.
"Whatever happens tonight my best pal deserves to be in the @bbcstrictly final," she captioned the post. "Without so much as a lick of prior dance training he has shown up every week and gave it his absolute ALL... He has put himself out there, grown, learnt and despite being absolutely terrified (not sure he'll like me admitting that) he has allowed himself to be vulnerable.
"I know you love him as much as I do... so tonight, vote for @p_wicks01 and the beautiful @jowitaprzystal... Thankyou all in advance." Pete responded: "V-Pizzle! F**k I love you." Fans took to the comment section to share their support for Pete and Jowita.
One fan wrote: "My two little girls will be heartbroken if he leaves tonight, we are fully a Pete wicks household now with both myself and my husband voting for him more than 5 times a week to keep our girls happy! He’s the best!" Another posted: "Love him. What a guy and he’s so improved week on week."
"I love it when someone with absolutely no dance experience at all, comes out every week and just puts his heart and sole into every dance he does," one fan said and another posted: "He’s been so brilliant and I really admire him to pushing himself out of his comfort zone. More than anyone on the show (possibly ever!!) this is all completely new for him, and it’s lovely to see him be vulnerable and actually let people in."
It comes as Pete was almost in tears after feeling deflated for making a major error in his routine. Mid-performance, he was shown grimacing, clearly realising what he'd done and not being happy about it. As Pete and pro dance partner Jowita Przystał finished their dance, they hugged it out with Jowita praising him. But Pete was visibly upset, telling his dance partner he was "so sorry" over and over again, to which she downplayed the error.
Host Tess Daly soon comforted the upset star though, while judge Anton Du Beke wasted no time in pointing out his "disaster" of a mistake. But when it came to the judges and their scores, host Claudia Winkleman revealed the Strictly stars were "livid" with Pete's marks.
It all unfolded as Pete hugged Jowita and told her: "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry, I'm so, so sorry." She told him it was okay, before Tess added he had nothing to be sorry about.
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