Holly Willoughby and Roman Kemp favourites to host Strictly Come Dancing

Holly Willoughby and Roman Kemp have emerged as early favourites

Willoughby is priced at 2/1, while radio and TV host Roman Kemp is closely behind at 3/1, according to Casino Beats.

Following suit are the It Takes Two presenters Fleur East (5/1) and Janette Manrara (6/1).

Alex Scott, known for Football Focus and The One Show, is also in the running at 4/1.

Slightly less popular contenders include Stacey Solomon (7/1), Maya Jama (8/1), Emma Willis (10/1), and AJ Odudu (12/1).

Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly announced their departure from the show in a video statement on Daly's Instagram in which the pair appeared.

The full statement read: "We have loved working as a duo, and hosting Strictly has been an absolute dream.

"We were always going to leave together, and now feels like the right time.

"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.

"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."