Project Runway is back - and so is Heidi Klum. Us Weekly can confirm that the 51-year-old model will be returning to her roots as the show's host for the first time in eight years. (People was first to report the news on Friday,

Heidi Klum is returning to “Project Runway” after exiting the fashion competition series in 2018, at which point she’d served as host for 16 seasons. The news comes after the October announcement that the series had been renewed for a 21st season while moving to Disney’s Freeform after most recently airing on Bravo.

Entertainment Weekly has confirmed that Heidi Klum is coming back to the fashion reality TV series after an eight-year absence. PEOPLE was first to break the news. Klum originally hosted Project Runway from its inception in 2004 through 2017.

Heidi Klum said "auf wiedersehen" — the German phrase for “until we meet again” — to Project Runway, ending a 16-season run as host. However, her time to meet the fashion design reality competition once more has finally arrived.