Strictly’s Pete Wicks and Jowita Przystał drive fans wild after ‘kissing’ during passionate performance after weeks of romance rumours: ‘They’re the fittest couple ever!’

Strictly Come Dancing’s Pete Wicks and his professional partner Jowita Przystał sent fans into a frenzy after almost kissing during their passionate performance on Saturday.

The TOWIE star, 36, and the stunning dancer, 30, have been embroiled in romance rumors for weeks amid their intense rehearsals.

Now fans have dubbed them the ‘fittest couple ever’ after they hit the track with a sensual foxtrot in which Pete pulled Jowita close and their lips were just millimeters apart.

The dance also ended with them leaning in for a kiss before the lights went out, and although it looked choreographed, some viewers were sure a real romance was brewing between the couple.

Judge Motsi Mabuse even spotted their connection, saying: “I think you two had such a beautiful, flirty, romantic atmosphere, and I believed it was authentic.”

X’s spectators said effusively: ‘Jowita has hearts in the eyes’:’ How much is there to try to kiss Jowita correctly? ‘:’ Yes, happy for Pete and Jowita ‘:’ Jowita really wants to hit Pete, likes pants off Pete But I don’t think Pete likes her unfortunately’: ‘Pete and Jowita almost kissed?!’.

The pairs routine saw them score 22 out of a possible 40 and they finished in 10th place in the standings along with Nick Knowles.

Elsewhere in the episode, Tasha Ghouri left father Tarek in tears when she topped the leaderboard and made history after scoring the highest score ever for a Viennese waltz in the second week.

The Love Island star, 26, performed with her professional partner Aljaž Škorjanec, 34, in what the judges dubbed the “dance of the night”.

Anton Du Beke gushed that he “couldn’t find anything wrong” with the performance, while Motsi Mabuse agreed: “That was the best dance of the night!” I absolutely loved it!’

Tasha’s father, who was sitting in the audience, seemed visibly emotional as his daughter also fought back tears following the response.

As she prepared to listen to her scores, host Claudia Winkleman said, “What made it most emotional was seeing your dad, sobbing, looking at you.”

“I said I was going to cry,” Tasha laughed, as the camera showed Tarek, who was wiping tears from his eyes.

‘And it’s not a soft cry,’ Claudia joked.

After their gushing comments, Craig gave them a score of eight out of ten, followed by Motsi, Anton and Shirley, who gave them a whopping nine.

Meanwhile, professional Nadiya Bychkova, 36, started the show while she and Olympian Tom Dean, 24 years old, She strutted her stuff in sequins in a disco-inspired Cha Cha, only for her skin-tight sequin jumpsuit to rip between her legs.

After the performance, they faced the judges, where presenter Tess Daly, 55, pointed out the awkward mistake saying: ‘Her costume! We had a problem with the costume that tore his leg!’

As Nadiya laughed, Judge Shirley, 64, couldn’t help but praise Tom and gushed about how he “managed and kept going” during the mishap.

Elsewhere, Neil Jones, 42, savagely attacked his teammate Toyah Wilcox, 66, after the pair found themselves at the bottom of last week’s standings with just 12 points.

After JB Fletcher’s performance earned him a whopping 27 out of 40, his partner Amy Dowden revealed she had stopped him making mistakes by charging him a pound at a time.

Neil joked: “If we did the same with (last week’s) tango, I’d be a millionaire by now!”