{"id":106430,"date":"2025-09-01T07:14:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T07:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/106430\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T07:14:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T07:14:30","slug":"strictly-come-dancing-2025-oti-mabuses-involvement-with-2025-series-undecided-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/106430\/","title":{"rendered":"Strictly Come Dancing 2025: Oti Mabuse\u2019s involvement with 2025 series undecided"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It is not yet known whether Oti Mabuse will waltz back<\/a> into the Strictly Come Dancing<\/a> studios this autumn as a choreographer.<\/p>\n

The Latin ballroom dancer, whose sister Motsi is a judge on the BBC flagship show<\/a>, has helped out behind the scenes with the programme\u2019s coveted dance routines since her departure from the professionals cast in 2022.<\/p>\n

Mabuse has been behind some of the show\u2019s most impressive group routines, including the triumphant opening number for Musicals Week in 2022.<\/p>\n

It had been reported by The Sun that Mabuse would be returning as a choreographer on this year\u2019s series, but The Independent understands that it is not yet confirmed.<\/p>\n

Mabuse, who joined Strictly in 2015, lifted the glitterball two years in a row: in 2019 with Emmerdale actor Kelvin Fletcher and in 2020 with comedian Bill Bailey. After her departure, she appeared on ITV\u2019s The Masked Singer and became a judge on Dancing on Ice.<\/p>\n

After originally leaving the programme in 2022, Mabuse said her decision was driven by her desire to take on other projects that \u201cput the fire in my belly\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was really lucky at that point that just after winning my second title [on Strictly], ITV had their arms open and they were like, \u2018Hey, come in!\u2019\u201d she said at the time.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo when I was jumping, there was somewhere to land. Even though I left, there was this whole world, a new family, that had opened doors for me and that\u2019s luck and I have to be honest about that, I have to be grateful for that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Announcing her exit from Strictly in 2022, Mabuse said on Instagram: \u201cNever easy to say goodbye. I have been part of the most amazing TV show, Strictly Come Dancing for the past seven years and it has been an incredible time.<\/p>\n

\"Oti<\/p>\n

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Oti Mabuse competed on \u2018Strictly\u2019 between 2015 and 2022 (Gareth Cattermole\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

\u201cLifting the glitterball twice and having the best journey with all my celebrities, but also meeting and working with the best team, crew, producers, celebs and incredible professional dancers! You are my family and I adore you all forever.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among this year\u2019s celebrity lineup are Emmerdale star Lewis Cope, Neighbours actor Stefan Dennis, controversial Former Apprentice contestant Thomas Skinner and RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race UK star La Voix. Find the full lineup here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Oti<\/p>\n

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Oti Mabuse lifting the \u2018Strictly\u2019 glitterball trophy with comedian Bill Bailey in 2022 (BBC\/Guy Levy)<\/p>\n

Two new editions have been added to the professionals’ lineup: Alexis Warr, former winner of the US series So You Think You Can Dance in 2022, and Julian Caillon, a ballroom TV star from Australia.<\/p>\n

Strictly Come Dancing returns on 20 September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59184,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-106430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}