Oti Mabuse thrills with Strictly Come Dancing return months after emotional exit: ‘Our queen back’

We miss you, Oti! (Image: PA/Instagram)

The South African dancer, 32, had been an enormous fan favorite since becoming a member of in 2015, happening to win the present twice in 2019 and 2020. 

Nonetheless, after her stint within the 2021 sequence, alongside rugby star Ugo Monye, she revealed she could be hanging up her dancing sneakers and quitting the hit present.

She’s since appeared as a panellist on ITV’s Dancing On Ice and The Masked Dancer, however thrilled followers yesterday by reuniting together with her former Strictly co-stars.

Amy Dowden, who not too long ago tied the knot, shared a candy snap alongside Oti and fellow professional, Nancy Xu.

She captioned the picture: ‘Our queen again,’ earlier than confirming to followers that Oti was sadly again simply ‘for sooner or later.’

Oti posed with Amy and Nancy (Image: Instagram/@amydowden)

Oti wrote on her personal Instagram tales: ‘Working with the gang at this time. A lot enjoyable!’

Neil Jones additionally shared a clip of the dancer having enjoyable behind the scenes, displaying Oti serving to out Karen Hauer with a routine, with the caption: ‘Look who’s again.’

Amy teased Oti for stealing her prime whereas they rehearsed (Image: Instagram/@amy_dowden)

She lifted the Glitterball twice, with Invoice Bailey (R) and Kelvin Fletcher (Image: PA)

The dancer additionally posed with newlyweds Graziano Di Prima and Giada Lini, who wed in a stunning Italian ceremony earlier this summer season.

Followers had been gutted to see Oti announce her exit from Strictly after seven superb years and two Glitterball trophies. 

Oti posed with Graziano and his spouse Giadi (PIcture: Instagram/@otimabuse)

Nonetheless, she did make a touch she may return sooner or later, suggesting she was ‘not completed’ with Strictly.

She shared: ‘Strictly has been the whole lot to me and has given me this superb platform that I've.’

Talking to , she added: ‘No, I’m not completed. It nonetheless has a spot in my coronary heart.’

On the time of confirming her choice to go away the present, the star shared a choice of spotlight photographs from her time within the competitors, and she or he wrote on her Instagram account that it’s ’ and that lifting the Glitterball was the ‘greatest journey’.

She added: ‘I’m actually so grateful to The BBC and can at all times keep in mind that Strictly and BBC introduced me to the UK – which I now name residence and I've learnt and grown a lot. – Thank You from the underside of my coronary heart.’