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Oti gets hot.. with hubby

Tour waltz set to be a thriller

- BY TOM BRYANT

OTI Mabuse will thrill audiences by dancing a “heart-wrenchingl­y beautiful” waltz with her husband as she begins her first tour.

Before the former Strictly star and Marius Lepure opened last night in Cardiff, a source said: “The two of them are just electric on stage.

“The frisson is off the chart. You can’t keep your eyes off them.”

Oti, 31, met Romanian Marius, 39, in Germany and they married in 2014.

She has said: “Marius was my first dance partner in Germany.

“He’s been my rock, my anchor and my support.

“Every time I thought I couldn’t do something he was the one who was like, ‘Get up. You absolutely can’.”

Last month the Record revealed that Oti’s I Am Here tour was to be in direct competitio­n with Strictly’s The Profession­als show. Both will be at different venues in Cardiff tomorrow.

Oti’s show, with one stunning gold outfit devised by Strictly costume des-igner Vicky Gill, is described as a “whirlwind celebratio­n of the inspiratio­ns that took her on a journey from grow-ng up in South Africa to following her dream”.

In February the dancer announced she was leaving Strictly after seven years as a profession­al.

Her tour was announced before she stepped down but was delayed because of the pandemic.

She said: “Performing on stage is something I feel so passionate­ly about and I can’t wait to get out on the road.”

The frisson is off the chart. You can’t keep your eyes off them INSIDER WHO HAS SEEN COUPLE’S PERFORMANC­E

 ?? ?? GOLDEN MOMENT Oti in one of the stunning tour outfits
INSPIRED Tribute to her African heritage
ELECTRIC Oti and Marius
DAZZLING Stars of Oti’s show lining up
GOLDEN MOMENT Oti in one of the stunning tour outfits INSPIRED Tribute to her African heritage ELECTRIC Oti and Marius DAZZLING Stars of Oti’s show lining up

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