Motsi Mabuse

2022 - 12 - 18

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Motsi Mabuse: 'You might grumble about the world, then you see ... (The Guardian)

The Strictly Come Dancing judge on Hamza's courage on the dancefloor, her family Christmas in South Africa and what Craig Revel Horwood is really like.

But if she does, she needs to understand that there’s dancing as a competitor and there’s being average. And she needs to make that choice, because if you’re going to compete, you need to push all the way. It was emotional to see that on such a big stage and courageous of Hamza to do it, especially nowadays in this divided world. Whether it’s same-sex couples or contestants with disabilities, it’s super to be part of a show like that. Now I interact on social media with a different attitude and have fun with it. But because it’s a family reunion, we decided to have no stress and go to a restaurant. We’re all on a countdown and ready to party. Hamza has consistently amazed me but to see that style of dance on Strictly meant a lot. I’m very proud of her moving on to other things and making her own name. Not many dancers have gone on to have a separate career after Strictly. You might sit there grumbling about the state of the world, then you see Tony Adams doing a samba and suddenly there’s nothing to complain about [laughs]. And nobody has to wash up afterwards.

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Strictly: Oti Mabuse reacts as Jowita Przystal makes history with win (Metro)

Oti Mabuse has praised Strictly Come Dancing pro Jowita Przystal for making history after winning this year's series with Hamza Yassin.

From the moment we saw her in the Greatest Dancer, we knew she was special. She brought out the best in Hamza.’ Perhaps no one was more happy about her achievement than former Strictly pro and two-time winner Oti, 32, who wrote in an Instagram post: ‘SHE IS STRICTLY THE GREATEST DANCER!!!!! @jowitaprzystal has made history never ever ever ever ever in the history of strictly has a FEMALE PRO in her first year WON the show!!!! Jowita, 28, may be the first female pro to break the record but she is the fifth professional overall to have won in their first year, following on from Brendon Cole in series 1, Darren Bennett in series 2, Artem Chigvintsev in series 8 and Aljaz Skoranjec in series 11. It means Jowita, who is new to Strictly and joined the show with this series, has become the first female professional dancer in her first year to win.

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Is Motsi Mabuse married and what is the Strictly Come Dancing ... (goodtoknow)

Is Motsi Mabuse married? The dancer has opened up about her home life and shared candid details from her childhood.

In fact, she was already performing as a dance professional on Strictly Come Dancing when Motsi joined the show as a judge. She is married to the Romanian-born professional dancer, Marius Lepure, and the pair are both currently involved in teaching at the Oti Mabuse Dance Studio. According to Entertainment Daily, Motsi joined the Strictly judging panel in 2019 on a starting salary of £200k. The dancer was born on 11th April 1981 in South Africa and, before she made a name for herself in the dance world, she was expected to join her family's law firm as a lawyer. The dancer said, “At 16, I was living in Pretoria, and we had just moved from a black area to a very white area. It is reported that Motsi Mabuse has a net worth of around £8.5 million, according to Entertainment Daily. The pair met at the British Open Championships in Blackpool and married in 2003. Speaking about her family with Yours.co.uk, Motsi said, “The most important thing in my life is my family. The Strictly judge was first married in 2003 to her then dance partner, Timo Kulczak. Alongside her work in television, Motsi runs a dance school near Frankfurt. Motsi Mabuse joined Strictly Come Dancing as a judge back in 2019, replacing ballet dancer Darcey Bussell to sit alongside Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood and Anton Du Beke. She also judged a number of other dance shows before joining the Strictly Come Dancing panel.

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