Oti Mabuse is a South African talent show judge, television presenter and Latin dance champion. She captured the hearts of the British public as a professional dancer on Strictly Come Dancing, and is the only professional to have won the show twice concurrently in both 2019 and 2020. In television she has appeared as a Dance Captain on The Greatest Dancer, a panellist on The Masked Dancer and a judge on Dancing on Ice.
Oti’s children’s book series Dance With Oti celebrates dance, movement and expressing your feelings – as well as teaching a short, simple 10-step dance routine. Having already released The Bird Jive, The Lion Samba and The Penguin Waltz, the next in the series is The Turtle Tango released later in 2024. Oti has hosted two series of the BBC Sounds podcast Oti Mabuse’s Dancing Legends in which she explores the extraordinary people who have changed the course of dance.