Oti Mabuse’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

From South Africa 
Gender female
Birth 8 August 1990, Pretoria, City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa
Age: 30 years
Star sign Leo

Otlile “Oti” Mabuse (born 8 August 1990) is a South African professional Latin American and ballroom dancer. She is best known as a professional dancer on the British TV series, Strictly Come Dancing, and its German equivalent, Let’s Dance.

Early life

Mabuse was born in Pretoria, South Africa, 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 and also participated in the German series Let’s Dance.

Dancing career

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:

  • third place in World Cup Freestyle Latin in 2014,
  • second place European Championship Latin in 2014 and
  • first place in German Championship PD Freestyle Latin.
  • “BBC Strictly profile”. Retrieved 25 October 2016. 

Let’s Dance

In 2015, Mabuse appeared as a professional dancer on the eighth season of the German version of Let’s Dance. She was partnered with singer Daniel Küblböck. The couple were eliminated in week 9, finishing in sixth place.

In 2016, Mabuse returned as a professional dancer for the ninth season of Let’s Dance. She was partnered with television presenter Niels Ruf. The couple were the first to be eliminated in week 2, leaving in 14th place.

Season 8: with celebrity partner Daniel Küblböck

Week No. Dance/Song Judges’ score Total Result
González Mabuse Llambi
1 Quickstep / “You’re The One That I Want” 6 6 3 15 Safe
2 Rumba / “Mad World” 6 6 4 16 Safe
3 Contemporary / “Jeanny” 6 8 6 20 Safe
4 Cha-Cha-Cha / “Tragedy” 5 5 2 12 Safe
5 Waltz / “Yesterday” 6 6 2 14 Bottom two
6 Hip-Hop / “Sing” 7 7 5 19 Safe
7 Jazz & Paso Doble / “Born This Way” 8 7 4 19 Bottom two
8 Samba / “Livin’ la Vida Loca”
Disco Marathon / “Ich will immer weider…dieses Fiber spür’n”
7
Awarded
7
10
5
points
19 Safe
9 Tango / “When Doves Cry”
Rock n’ Roll / “Surfin’ U.S.A.”
6
6
6
7
2
4
14
17
Eliminated

Season 9: with celebrity partner Niels Ruf

Week No. Dance/Song Judges’ score Total Result
González Mabuse Llambi
1 Viennese Waltz / “Where the Wild Roses Grow” 3 3 2 8 Bottom three
2 Jive / “Bad Boy” 2 3 1 6 Eliminated

Strictly Come Dancing

Mabuse appeared on the 13th series of Strictly Come Dancing, partnering the boxer Anthony Ogogo. The couple were eliminated in Week 3, finishing 14th out of 15. In 2015 Mabuse also took part in the Children in Need and Christmas Specials of the show dancing with, actor, Jack Ashton for Children in Need and scoring a full 40 points for a Charleston with Series 6 winner, Tom Chambers at Christmas. For the 14th series of Strictly Come Dancing she was partnered with former Hollyoaks & West End actor Danny Mac, reaching the final and finishing as runners-up.

Series Partner Place
13 Anthony Ogogo 14th
14 Danny Mac 2nd

Series 13: with celebrity partner Anthony Ogogo

Week No. Dance/Song Judges’ score Total Result
Revel Horwood Bussell Goodman Tonioli
1 Jive / “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” 4 5 6 6 21 None
2 Waltz / “If You Don’t Know Me by Now” 4 5 5 5 19 Safe
3 Paso Doble / “Eye of the Tiger” 4 6 5 4 19 Eliminated

Series 14: with celebrity partner Danny Mac

Week No. Dance/Song Judges’ score Total Result
Revel Horwood Bussell Goodman Tonioli
1 Cha-Cha-Cha / “Cake by the Ocean” 8 8 7 8 31 None
2 Viennese Waltz / “Never Tear Us Apart” 8 8 8 8 32 Safe
3 Paso Doble / “El Sambrero Blanco” 9 9 9 9 36 Safe
4 Quickstep / “I Won’t Dance” 9 9 9 9 36 Safe
5 Rumba / “How Will I Know” 8 9 9 9 35 Safe
6 Foxtrot / “Take Me to Church” 7 8 7 8 30 Safe
7 Jive / “Long Tall Sally” 9 10 9 10 38 Safe
8 Argentine Tango / “I Heard it Through the Grapevine” 9 9 10 10 38 Safe
9 Charleston / “Puttin’ On the Ritz” 10 10 10 10 40 Safe
10 Samba / “Magalenha”
Cha-cha-cha Challenge / “I Like It Like That”
10
Awarded
10
5
10
extra
10
points
40
45
Safe
11 Tango / “One Night Only” 9 10 9 10 38 Safe
12 Salsa / “Vivir Mi Vida
American Smooth / “Misty Blue”
9
10
9
9
9
10
10
10
37
39
Bottom two
13 Quickstep / “I Won’t Dance”
Showdance / “Set Fire to the Rain”
Samba / “Magalenha”
9
10
10
9
10
10
9
10
10
9
10
10
36
40
40
Runner-up
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