UPDATED WITH BBC STATEMENT: Strictly Come Dancing presenters Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman are exiting at the end of this season.

In a statement posted on Daly’s Instagram, the pair said “we were always going to leave together and now feels like the right time.” An Insta video from the duo said “there have been some rumblings” about their departure and “we want you to hear this from us.”

“We have loved working as a duo and hosting Strictly has been an absolute dream,” added Daly and Winkleman, who have hosted the hit BBC series for more than a decade. “We will have the greatest rest of this amazing series and we just want to say an enormous thank you to the BBC and to every single person who works on the show. They’re the most brilliant team and we’ll miss them every day.”

They added: “We will cry when we say the last “keep dancing” but we will continue to say it to each other. Just possibly in tracksuit bottoms at home while holding some pizza.”

The shock news comes at a time of change for Strictly, which has had to grapple with a number of scandals over the past couple of years.

Daly and Winkleman’s final ep will be this year’s Christmas episode.

Around an hour after Daly and Winkleman’s statement, the BBC published their own statement thanking them for “passion and dedication [that] has gone above and beyond.”

“I can’t quite believe I’m saying this, but it’s the end of an era with Tess and Claudia’s decision to bid farewell to the Strictly ballroom,” said BBC Chief Content Officer Kate Phillips. “They’ve both been such incredible hosts at the very heart of the show.”

Daly and Winkleman have been hosting Strictly since Bruce Forsyth stepped down in 2013, at which point Winkleman, who had already been helming the results show, took over.

The pair are a fixture on Saturday and Sunday night BBC TV on what is the UK’s biggest entertainment show, regularly drawing audiences of millions of viewers per week. Both presenters are recognizable faces on UK TV screens and Winkleman’s stock has risen of late as she has gained iconic status for presenting The Traitors and the current Celebrity Traitors, also for the BBC.

Last year, Strictly was hit with scandal as two professional dancers exited following allegations of misconduct. This season, the BBC launched an investigation into allegations of drug use on the show.

Thoughts will of course turn to who could replace Winkleman and Daly on the show that remains incredibly popular and a huge part of the BBC’s schedule in the run-up to Christmas. The Strictly companion show It Takes Two, which airs during the week, is presented by dancer Janette Manrara and former X Factor contestant Fleur East, both of whom would likely be in the running. Another former It Takes Two host, Rylan Clark, is also already being discussed as a potential replacement.

Produced by BBC Studios, Strictly has aired on the BBC from September to Christmas since 2004. The U.S. version, Dancing with the Stars, has been on TV for 20 years and multiple other versions air around the world.