Strictly's Pete Wicks emerges as unlikely 'people's champion' with potential to WIN after surge of public support sees him sail through to semi-final - despite being lowest-scoring star three weeks in

Strictly Come Dancing insiders have declared that underdog Pete Wicks could snatch the Glitterball Trophy, despite consistently landing on the bottom of the leaderboard. Strictly Come Dancing insiders have declared that underdog Pete Wicks could snatch the Glitterball Trophy, despite consistently landing on the bottom of the leaderboard The TOWIE star, 36, and partner Jowita Przystał, 39, sailed through to the semi-finals on Sunday night, despite being the lowest scoring couple for the third week in a row While instead, Montell Douglas and Johannes Radebe went up against Tasha Ghouri and Aljaž Škorjanec in the dance-off, with Montell and Johannes ultimately being given the boot Acknowledging that the public had voted to save him, he joked: 'I think they might be playing a cruel joke on me' before gushing 'I couldn't be more grateful, I’m so humbled by it, honestly.' While it seems that Pete's much speculated romantic life hasn't hurt his chances, after claims that he and partner Jowita have been secretly seeing each other away from the show. The news that Pete had survived another day came as a massive shock for fans, who had predicted he would be the next one eliminated, with several infuriated viewers demanding he 'resigned' from the competition After learning he'd made it through, an emotional Pete choked back tears as he admitted : 'I am speechless every week, especially this week' But according to The Sun, there were many who weren't surprised to see Pete through to the semi-finals, and are even predicting he could go on to win the show Racing to social media, they fumed: 'Whoever is voting for Pete over Montell needs to take a long hard look in the mirror.'