Pete Wicks

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] 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 has also made guest appearances on television series including Joe Lycett's Got Your Back,[17] CelebAbility,[18] Sunday Brunch,[19] Celebrity Juice,[20] and Supermarket Sweep.[21] He is also appearing in Celebs Go Dating for his third time in 2022.