Pete Wicks

Peter James Wicks is an English television personality who is best known for his appearances on British reality television and media projects. He was born on 1 November 1988 in Harlow, Essex.

Wicks gained wide public recognition in 2015 when he joined the cast of the ITVBe reality series The Only Way Is Essex for its fifteenth series. Between 2016 and 2017, he was in a relationship with Ex on the Beach star Megan McKenna.

Following his television debut, Wicks appeared on several reality programs. In 2018, he was a contestant on Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls. He appeared on the sixth series of Celebs Go Dating in 2019, returned for Celebs Go Virtual Dating in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, and made a third appearance on Celebs Go Dating in 2022. Also in 2020, he competed on Celebrity MasterChef.

In April 2021, Wicks teamed up with his best friend Sam Thompson on The Celebrity Circle, playing for charity by catfishing as Countdown presenter Rachel Riley and finishing as runners-up. In 2022, he appeared on an episode of Tipping Point: Lucky Stars and competed on the fourth series of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins, from which he was medically withdrawn due to injury. He also took part in the Christmas edition of The Real Full Monty in 2023. Over his career, Wicks has made guest appearances on shows such as Joe Lycett's Got Your Back, CelebAbility, Sunday Brunch, Celebrity Juice, and Supermarket Sweep.

Since 2022, Wicks has co-hosted the podcast Staying Relevant with Sam Thompson, which scheduled a live tour for 2024. In June 2025, the podcast won an award at the annual Television and Radio Industries Club ceremonies. Between March and April 2024, he appeared on Channel 4's The Underdog: Josh Must Win alongside Nick Grimshaw, Vicky Pattinson, and Amber Rose Gill. Between September and December 2024, Wicks competed on the twenty-second series of Strictly Come Dancing partnered with professional dancer Jowita Przystał, reaching the semi-final in week 12.

In 2025, Wicks presented the docuseries For Dogs' Sake for U&W, filmed at the Dogs Trust rehoming centre in Basildon. He also began co-hosting the KISS radio show The Sunday Roast alongside Olivia Attwood, whom he has been dating since 2026.