STRICTLY Come Dancing decide Shirley Ballas has revealed how Pete Wicks has made it via to this weekend’s semi-final.
Towie star Pete, 36, landed on the backside of the leaderboard final week however managed to flee the dreaded dance-off.
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Consequently, Pete {and professional} dance associate Jowita Pryzstal have spent the previous 5 days tirelessly studying an Argentine Tango and a Foxtrot for tomorrow night time.
If they’ll escape elimination once more, plucky Pete and Jowita will probably be via to the ultimate.
Critics have accused the BBC of intentionally plotting to maintain Pete and Jowita within the competitors by giving them ‘much less exposing and sophisticated’ dances equivalent to final week’s Waltz.
However Head Choose Shirley has hit again and instructed followers precisely why Pete and Jowita will probably be competing once more on the present this weekend.
Throughout an look on Strictly’s spin off present It Takes Two, host Fleur East requested: “Now regardless of being backside of the leaderboard 4 instances, he has prevented the purple mild. Why do you assume that’s?”
Shirley replied: “As a result of, we’re there for steerage because the judges.
“After we do not give a mark that the viewers like at house, they’re going to write and inform you.
“However they’ll save him. They saved him, they thought he was superb and so they preserve placing him via.
“He comes with an amazing vitality, he comes with an amazing high quality of performing abilities.”
Shirley added: “What he is obtained to do now as he’s attempting to get into this last is he can’t make any errors.
“However once more, he is made just a few errors and the viewers has nonetheless saved him.
“We consider within the viewers at house. We will information the place we’re sending everyone with their marks however, on the finish of the day, the viewers has the voice.”
Throughout It Takes Two, Pete was proven within the rehearsal room with Jowita as they practiced their Foxtrot.
Pete revealed that their efficiency features a cane as a prop, which he’s discovering difficult.
He mentioned: “The Foxtrot is a good dance.
“We have a stick from the primary second to the final second, so fingers crossed I do not drop that.”
Jowita praised Pete for “getting his footworks so proper” and mentioned he’s having fun with the Foxtrot.
Strictly Come Dancing, 6.30pm, BBC ONE, Saturday December 7
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