BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Pete Wicks accused of 'wishful thinking' after complaint to show judge in car park

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Pete Wicks has been accused of 'wishful thinking' by one of the Strictly Come Dancing judges after an exchange in a car park.

Craig Revel Horwood has revealed how the podcast's host tactic to get the first 10 of the series didn't work on him. Earlier this month, fans of the BBC One dance contest will recall when Jowita Przystal took to the dancefloor with their Quickstep to A Town Called Malice by The Jam and while it impressed viewers, Craig was quick to point out that his hip rolls didn't belong in his routine, which landed them a total of 29 points out of 40.

However, Strictly viewers 'screamed' when at the end of that particular routine Pete, who was seen sporting another different look with a John Travolta-style quiff, when he lifted his shirt to show a 'tattoo' of a smiling Craig holding up a '10' paddle. READ MORE: BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Paul Merson issues 'sad' update days after show exit Captioning a picture of the moment on Instagram at the time the BBC's social media team wrote: "Technically this is the first 10 of #Strictly 2024," which came after Tasha Ghouri and Aljaz Skorjanec did receive the first official 10s of Strictly 2024.

But now, Craig has revealed some more details about what happened. peaking in Best magazine, he said: “Pete’s stick on tattoo with a picture of me giving a 10 was inspired.