{"id":13740,"date":"2022-04-12T17:50:42","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T15:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1608393"},"modified":"2022-04-12T18:25:10","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T16:25:10","slug":"who-is-motsi-mabuse-meet-the-great-celebrity-bake-off-2022-contestant","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/who-is-motsi-mabuse-meet-the-great-celebrity-bake-off-2022-contestant\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Motsi Mabuse? Meet the Great Celebrity Bake Off 2022 contestant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Joe Julians\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 12 April 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Get your fundraising hat on as the <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/great-celebrity-bake-off-2021-release-date\/&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener\" noreferrer=\"\">Great Celebrity Bake Off<\/a> continues this week, and one of the contestants hoping to deliver in the kitchen is dancer and<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/strictly-come-dancing-2022-release-date\/&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot;\"> Strictly Come Dancing<\/a> star, Motsi Mabuse!<\/p>\n<p>The Channel 4 show, returning as part of the Stand Up to Cancer fundraiser, has seen a whole host of big names take part so far, from Taskmaster\u2019s <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/alex-horne-great-celebrity-bake-off-2022-contestant\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Alex Horne<\/a> to radio presenter <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/clara-amfo-great-celebrity-bake-off-2022-contestant\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Clara Amfo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But while Motsi has been dishing out advice and criticism from the judges\u2019 side of things on Strictly, how will she do when it is her being judged by the watchful eyes (and tastebuds) of Paul and Prue?<\/p>\n<p>Here is all you need to know about Motsi Mabuse!<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Who is Motsi Mabuse?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" 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data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/motsi-mabuse-3110913.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=408%2C267&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/motsi-mabuse-3110913.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=556%2C363&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/motsi-mabuse-3110913.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=556%2C363&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-938492\" align=\"\" size-landscape_thumbnail=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/motsi-mabuse-3110913.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C405&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Motsi Mabuse<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>BBC<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>Age<\/strong> 40<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job\u00a0<\/strong>Dancer<\/p>\n<p><strong>Instagram<\/strong>: <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/motsimabuse\/?hl=en&quot;\">@motsimabuse<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Twitter<\/strong>: <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/motsi_mabuse?lang=en&quot;\">@MOTSI_MABUSE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Motsi is a professional dancer and is a former German Latin and South African champion. She was a judge on the German version of Strictly Come Dancing with served her in good stead and she is now a judge on our very own version here in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>While she was originally set to become a lawyer, her love of dance won out and she became the German Latin dance champion with Ukraine\u2019s Evgenij Voznyuk. She also made an appearance with her sisters on C4\u2019s Celebrity Gogglebox \u2013 and we would love to see them all back on it again one day.<\/p> <h2><strong>Who will Motsi Mabuse be competing against?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Motsi is up against actor and comedian Ben Miller, actress Katherine Kelly and Olympian Sir Mo Farah. They\u2019ll each be tasked with making one Signature, Technical and Showstopper bake, after which one of them will be crowned <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/great-celebrity-bake-off-2022-star-baker\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Star Baker<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer airs on Channel 4 on Tuesdays at 8pm. <\/strong><strong>For more to watch, check out our <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/?sd=20-02-2021%2017:00&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\">TV Guide<\/a>. 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