BBC Strictly Come Dancing stars nearly kiss and 'matter of time' before they're an item

Pete Wicks, the ITV The Only Way Is Essex star, was seen cosying up to pro dancer Jowita Prysztal during the performance on September 28.

BBC Strictly Come Dancing fans were left hot under the collar on Saturday night - after two stars KISSED. Pete Wicks, the ITV The Only Way Is Essex star, was seen cosying up to pro dancer Jowita Prysztal during the performance on September 28.

The performance between TOWIE favourite Pete and Przystał on the BBC show comes amid romance rumours all week. Pete and Jowita came close to kissing in their latest routine as they played up to romance rumours with several near smooches.

The song even ended with them leaning in for a kiss on a bale of hay. Judge Motsi Mabuse: "I think both of you, you had such a beautiful, flirty, romantic atmosphere, and I believed it was authentic. And then you started doing the ballroom part, and it was like a switch went up, and it was all about trying to show the good technique and all of that."

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"Paso Pete to cowboy Pete and I actually quite loved it," head judge Shirley Ballas said, giving her own feedback: "I mean, this chemistry is too hot to handle!" On Twitter, one fan typed: "Jowita and pete make me feral i need them to get to the final so i can keep watching them almost kiss."

"How long before Pete tries to kiss Jowita properly?" asked another. "If Pete and Jowita aren’t madly in love by the end of the season I will lose my s***," wrote a fan. "how many times can one pair nearly “fake “ kiss in one dance," another laughed.

As is tradition, the first week scores are rolled over and combined into the second week. It left Tasha and Aljaz = 65 (30+35) top, followed by Sarah and Vito = 62 (30+32), JB and Amy = 58 (31+27), Montell and Johannes = 56 (26+30) and Wynne and Katya = 56 (26+30).

Others who impressed were Shayne and Nancy = 52 (21+31), Chris and Dianne = 52 (23+29) and Jamie and Michelle = 50 (23+27). Sam and Nikita = 45 (23+22), Tom and Nadiya = 43 (23+20) and Nick and Luba = 39 (18+21) were followed by Pete and Jowita = 39 (17+22) .

The bottom three were Dr Punam and Gorka = 37 (19+18), Paul and Karen = 32 (17+15) and Toyah and Neil = 30 (12+18).