American Idol winner Phillip Phillips proposed to his longtime girlfriend Hannah Blackwell. Phillips proposed to Blackwell over Christmas and announced the news on his Facebook page.

The Hollywood Reporter added that Blackwell also shared the news on her Instagram account, explaining that she had been waiting for this day for twenty years and couldn't be happier.

The two meet when Phillips was only 18 and the two were both volunteering together at a women and children's center. Blackwell is currently a nursing student. Blackwell is featured in the music video for Phillips' first mainstream single "Home." She was often on tour with Phillips.

The Idol winner has just wrapped an extensive tour in North America and will be hitting the road again in 2015 with tour dates in South America and Canada.

People reported that Blackwell was with Phillips when he won Idol and she has been supporting him during the competition and long before.