South African born Motsi Mabuse is best known in the UK as an exuberant judge on BBC1's Strictly Come Dancing but is well known around the world, especially in Germany, as a professional dancer and entreprenuer; a role model for aspiring young talent.
Motsi's illustrious dancing and broadcasting career spans over 20 years. She is widely known as a professional dancer whose talents have catapulted her to the top of the world rankings in Latin Dance. As well as this, she has proven to have an exceptional eye for judging talent – first appearing on the judging panel of RTL’s Let’s Dance in 2007 and then the German version of Stepping Out in 2015.
Since becoming a judge on BBC1’s hugely popular Strictly Come Dancing Motsi has dazzled viewers with her charm and infectious energy as judge.
Motsi released her memoir Chili im Blut: Mein Tanz durchs Leben in 2014 and runs her own dance school Motsi Mabuse Taunus Dance School Academy in Germany.