BBC Strictly Come Dancing fans 'gutted' as they say same thing about Pete Wicks and Jowita Przystal exit

Strictly Come Dancing fans have said they're 'gutted' as Pete Wicks just missed out on a place in the final. While his participation in the late stages of the competition caused some controversy, many were hoping to watch him make it to the end.

Pete and his professional dance partner Jowita Przystal made it through to the semi-final of the BBC One dance contest, which saw them perform two dances on Saturday night (December 7) in a bid to make it through to next weekend's final but just missed out at the final hurdle.

It was then during the last results programme of the 2024 series on Sunday night (December 8) that reality star and podcast host Pete and dancer Jowita faced the dreaded dance-off for the first time against Love Island star Tasha Ghouri and her professional dance partner Aljaz Skorjanec, who landed under the red lights for a second week in a row.

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Tasha and Aljaz opted to perform their waltz to (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman by Aretha Franklin in a bid to keep their place in the last week of the dance show, while Pete and Jowita reprised their Argentine tango to Bitter Sweet Symphony by The Verve for the same reason.

After their dances, judges Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke all chose to save Tasha and Aljaz, who had received a perfect score for their waltz during the latest live show. Head Judge Shirley Ballas also agreed and said she would have decided to save Tasha and Aljaz.

When asked by co-host Tess Daly about his time in the competition, Pete said: "It's been wild. I've been quite honest about the fact that I didn't necessarily want to do this [Strictly] in the first