Strictly’s Pete Wicks and his professional partner Jowita Przystal hopped into his flashy new Porsche as they left the dance studio after a day of rehearsals on Thursday night.

Pete, 36, will take to the dance floor in the semi-final on Saturday night, competing alongside Chris McCausland, Tasha Ghouri, Sarah Hadland, and JB Gill. 

It came just as the former TOWIE star’s rumoured flame Maura Higgins became the latest contestant to be evicted from I’m A Celeb just days before the final, in a double eviction alongside Barry McGuigan.

Pete looked stern-faced as he cut a casual figure in black Adidas joggers and a plain T-shirt, teamed with a pair of brown boots.

He threw on a leather biker jacket as he loaded the duo’s bags into the car, before getting in the car with Jowita in the pᴀssenger seat and driving off.

The professional dancer, 30, looked in high spirits as she wrapped up warm for the weather in a colourful knitted jumper and a white beanie.

Strictly’s Pete Wicks and his professional partner Jowita Przystal hopped into his flashy new Porsche as they left the dance studio after a day of rehearsals on Thursday night

Pete will take to the dance floor in the semi-final on Saturday night, competing alongside Chris McCausland, Tasha Ghouri, Sarah Hadland, and JB Gill

She paired the cosy sweater with тιԍнт-fitting brown sports leggings, long white socks and Ugg Tasman slippers. 

Jowita carried around her belongings in a £350 cream and black Marc Jacobs tote bag, as well as a black walking stick which could be a prop for their routine.

Maura seemingly confirmed she was dating Pete on Sunday night’s episode of I’m A Celeb, as she revealed she had been dating some famous before entering the jungle.  

When asked by Oti Mabuse whether or not she was single, Maura replied: ‘I am but I was seeing someone before I came in but I’m not in a relationship.’

Reverend Richard Coles then asked: ‘Was it exclusive? Or if I’ve put you on the spot, sorry!’, to which she replied after a long pause: ‘I dunno’.

After being quizzed on if it was someone the public might know she answered coyly: ‘Yeah’ before admitted that she was missing him since entering camp.

Maura admitted that she thought she had never been in love, Richard described looking for his late partner David in a crowd and feeling his heart go, as Dean McCullough said: ‘I know that feeling.’

The Radio 1 DJ then asked about her current situation: ‘Does it feel different this time?’

Maura answered: ‘It does, but then is it because we’ve known each other for a long time?’

The professional dancer, 30, looked in high spirits as she wrapped up warm for the weather in a colourful knitted jumper and a white beanie

It came just as the former TOWIE star’s rumoured flame Maura Higgins became the latest contestant to be evicted from I’m A Celeb just days before the final

Pete looked stern-faced as he cut a casual figure in black Adidas joggers and a plain T-shirt, teamed with a pair of brown boots

He threw on a leather biker jacket as he loaded the duo’s bags into the car, before getting in the car with Jowita in the pᴀssenger seat and driving off

Jowita paired her cosy sweater with тιԍнт-fitting brown sports leggings, long white socks and Ugg Tasman slippers

The pair hopped into Pete’s Porsche post-rehearsals, while Maura was exiting the jungle

She carried around her belongings in a £350 cream and black Marc Jacobs tote bag, as well as a black walking stick which could be a prop for their routine

Maura seemingly confirmed she was dating Pete on Sunday night’s episode of I’m A Celeb , as she revealed she had been dating some famous before entering the jungle

Richard added: ‘You’d know if he was an a**hole or not, by now, as the stunner smiled to herself, and replied: ‘Yeah, he’s not an a**hole.’

Despite his busy Strictly stint has showed that he still has Maura on his mind as he reposted Maura’s Instagram which is being run by her friends and family while she’s Down Under -and urging people to vote for her.

He quipped: ‘I’ve been George of the Jungle but now its time to vote for Maura of the Jungle’.

And Maura’s family have shown their support for Pete in return as they also shared a clip of him and Jowita on Strictly.

Posting a sweet video of the pair dancing under the glitterball, they penned in the Saturday night post: ‘waltzing into the quarter final like… known em ᴅᴇᴀᴅ tony!! Best of luck tonight @p_wicks01 we are all supporting you.’

The post comes as The Mail on Sunday revealed that Pete has put a stop to his romantic liaison with Jowita – because he is determined to win the heart of Maura.

Sources close to Pete say he is telling friends he is completely smitten with the jungle star, who he has been casually dating for the past five months.

When he began Strictly and met Jowita, Maura gave up any hope of the relationship continuing.

A friend said: ‘Before Maura entered the jungle, Pete wanted to make their relationship exclusive.

Sources close to Pete say he is telling friends he is completely smitten with the jungle star, who he has been casually dating for the past five months (pictured together in May)

Maura was met by her friend Talia off the bridge because her ‘Mammy’ Sharon was unable to make the 22-hour flight Down Under

After being quizzed on if it was someone the public might know she answered coyly: ‘Yeah’ before admitted that she was missing him since entering camp

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‘But Maura, aware of Pete’s reputation and his close bond with Jowita, decided to slow things down.

‘She gave him an ultimatum: either commit to her or let it go. So she went off a single woman.

‘Since then, Pete has gone all-in, openly expressing his feelings to anyone who’ll listen.’

Pete and Jowita have been competing on Strictly together since September, and in recent weeks, sources had claimed they have been secretly seeing each other away from the show.

Insiders claimed ‘something has changed’ between the reality star and the professional dancer in recent weeks and they have been secretly seeing each other away from the show.

At the beginning of the series, they were said to have ‘sent tongues wagging’ between the cast and crew due to their sizzling chemistry, with viewers even spotting their close connection.

‘The chemistry between them has been pretty clear since the moment they met but the last few weeks something has changed and they’ve started seeing each other away from the show,’ a source told The Sun.

‘They’ve tried to keep it low-key but they often travel together rather than getting separate cars to different locations.

Despite his busy Strictly stint has showed that he still has Maura on his mind as he reposted Maura’s Instagram which is being run by her friends and family 

Pete is said to have put a stop to his romantic liaison with Jowita (pictured together on Strictly)  – because he is determined to win the heart of Maura. 

‘And they’re so tactile backstage it has become pretty obvious something is going on. Everyone is talking about the fact they seem closer than ever.’

Upon leaving the jungle on Thursday, Maura was met by her friend Talia off the bridge because her ‘Mammy’ Sharon was unable to make the 22-hour flight Down Under.

A late arrival alongside the Reverend Richard Coles, 63, the pair struck up an unlikely friendship when they were tasked with being the ‘villains’ of the camp by staying in the luxury Jungle junkyard.

Admitting she had a ‘gut feeling’ she told Ant and Dec in her exit interview: ‘I’m really happy. I said it this morning it’s my time, I had a gut feeling and they’re never wrong.

‘I didn’t think I would embrace it as much as i have and I loved every single second. It’s mad how it changes you.’