Oti Mabuse

Otlile "Oti" Mabuse (born 8 August 1990) is a South African talent show judge, presenter, dancer and Latin dance champion currently based in the United Kingdom.

The couple were the first to be eliminated in week 2, leaving in 14th place.

Highest and lowest scoring performances per dance

The couple were eliminated in Week 3, finishing in 14th place.

That year, she also participated in the Children in Need and Christmas specials of the show, in which she partnered with actors Jack Ashton and Tom Chambers respectively.

In 2014, Mabuse married Romanian dancer Marius Lepure, whom she met in Germany.

In 2015, Mabuse appeared as a professional dancer on the eighth season of Let's Dance, the German version of Strictly Come Dancing.

She was partnered with singer Daniel Küblböck.

The couple were eliminated in week 9, finishing in sixth place.

In 2015, Mabuse appeared as a professional on the 13th series of Strictly Come Dancing.

She was partnered with Olympic boxer Anthony Ogogo.

They currently live in London after moving there from Germany in 2015.

On 25 December 2023, they announced the arrival of their first child, a daughter.

In 2016, Mabuse returned as a professional dancer for the ninth season of Let's Dance.

She was partnered with television presenter Niels Ruf.

In 2016, Mabuse was partnered with former Hollyoaks actor Danny Mac for the show's 14th series.

The couple reached the final and finished as runners-up.

She was paired with England cricketer Graeme Swann for the show's 16th series, they were eliminated in Week 10 in seventh place.

For the show's 15th series in 2017, she was partnered with Paralympic sprinter Jonnie Peacock, they were eliminated in Week 9 in eighth place.

Laing was confirmed as a contestant for the 18th series the following year, but was re-partnered with fellow professional Karen Hauer, in which Mabuse was partnered with comedian and actor, Bill Bailey, reaching the final and became series winners, with Mabuse becoming the second pro to win the show twice (the other being Aliona Vilani who won series 9 and series 13) and the only pro to win twice in succession.

On 18 April 2021, two weeks after being unveiled as part of 19th series of the show, Mabuse revealed that this would most likely be her last.

On 22 February 2022, Mabuse confirmed she was leaving the show after seven years.

Mabuse was originally paired with Jamie Laing, however he had to pull out due to a foot injury whilst the recording of the launch show.

Laing was replaced with Kelvin Fletcher, just before the start of the live shows.

She is best known for being a professional dancer on the British television series Strictly Come Dancing, which she won in 2019 and 2020, and its German equivalent, Let's Dance.

She was a Dance Captain on The Greatest Dancer.

Since 2021, she has been a panellist on The Masked Dancer and became a judge on Dancing on Ice in 2022.

Mabuse was born in Pretoria, and studied civil engineering at university before embarking on a career in professional ballroom dancing.

Her elder sister, Motsi Mabuse, is also a professional ballroom dancer.

Oti has participated in the German series Let's Dance as a professional dancer, after which she joined Britain's Strictly Come Dancing.

Mabuse won the South African Latin American Championship eight times, after which she moved to Germany to broaden her dancing horizons.

She has earned a number of titles in her dancing career; including:

In 2019, for her fifth stint on the show, she was partnered with former Emmerdale actor Kelvin Fletcher, who replaced her originally announced partner, Made in Chelsea star Jamie Laing, who had to withdraw from the show after sustaining a foot injury when dancing on the launch show.

They went on to become the winners of the series.