{"id":14030,"date":"2022-04-18T11:56:23","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T09:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1628575"},"modified":"2022-04-18T12:24:14","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T10:24:14","slug":"oti-mabuse-reveals-strictly-performance-that-changed-things-for-her","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/oti-mabuse-reveals-strictly-performance-that-changed-things-for-her\/","title":{"rendered":"Oti Mabuse reveals Strictly performance that \u201cchanged\u201d things for her"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Lidia Molina-Whyte\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 18 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>Oti Mabuse is moving on from <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/strictly-come-dancing-2022-release-date\/&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot;\">Strictly Come Dancing<\/a>, but that doesn\u2019t mean she\u2019s slowing down. In fact, the pro dancer already has three projects on the go, including a solo tour, a musical and hosting a new dating show.<\/p>\n<p>Mabuse <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/oti-mabuse-quit-strictly-come-dancing-newsupdate\/&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot;\">quit Strictly<\/a> after seven years on the BBC\u2019s most famous dancefloor, having previously achieved two consecutive wins in a row \u2013 the only pro to have pulled off such a feat so far.<\/p>\n<p>And now, the dancer turned <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/talent-shows\/dancing-on-ice-panel\/&quot;\">Dancing on Ice judge<\/a> has revealed the one Strictly performance that \u201cchanged\u201d things for her during a chat with <a href=\"\/\/www.theguardian.com\/stage\/2022\/apr\/18\/i-come-from-a-country-of-strong-women-oti-mabuse-on-fame-family-strictly-and-that-samba&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">The Guardian<\/a>. And it\u2019s neither of the dances that secured her the glitterball.<\/p>\n<p>It was her samba with 2016 contestant and Hollyoaks actor Danny Mac.<\/p> <p>\u201cThat was when it all started to change for me,\u201d Mabuse explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat samba was really the first African dance that was ever on Strictly,\u201d she continued. \u201cEveryone thought they knew samba, they had seen everything, but this was something they had never seen. And they jumped out of their seats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf that\u2019s not the point, what is? Afterwards, people would come up to us in Pret just to say \u2018wow\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<iframe title=\"&quot;Danny\" mac=\"\" oti=\"\" mabuse=\"\" samba=\"\" to=\"\" by=\"\" sergio=\"\" mendes=\"\" strictly=\"\" come=\"\" dancing=\"\" week=\"\" width=\"&quot;200&quot;\" height=\"&quot;113&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CABJfSW6MXE?feature=oembed&quot;\" frameborder=\"&quot;0&quot;\" allow=\"&quot;accelerometer;\" autoplay=\"\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" gyroscope=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<p>The samba was so iconic, the audience were on their feet halfway through the performance \u2013 and it\u2019s easy to see why.<\/p>\n<p>Mabuse is likely to make similar waves in her upcoming projects, including her just-launched Shakespearean musical dating show <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/romeo-and-duet-oti-mabuse-release-date\/&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot;\">Romeo &amp; Duet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/oti-mabuse-strictly-exit-newsupdate\/&quot;\">Oti Mabuse opens up on \u2018difficult decision\u2019 to leave Strictly Come Dancing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Strictly Come Dancing will return to BBC One in 2022. 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