Marian and Dingdong are officially engaged!

MANILA — After years and years of waiting, ‘DongYan’ fans finally witnessed the moment they were all waiting for when Dingdong popped the question to Marian on Saturday, August 9.

Kapuso heartthrob Dingdong Dantes proposed to fellow Kapuso star Marian Rivera on her live birthday celebration on her name-sake dance show. Marian is turning 30 on August 12th.

Her long-time boyfriend Dingdong was one of the night’s special guests.

At one part of the program, a video presentation showed special moments in Marian’s life with friends and family. But when the video montage showed a dome-like structure, Marian can’t help but burst into tears.

Dingdong shared how they celebrated Marian’s birthday in 2012 at the MGM Butterfly Pavilion in Macau–with actual footage of her celebration. In the 2012 footage, Dingdong whispered something to Marian, which then drove the Kapuso Primetime Queen to tears. At this point, Dingdong asked the video to be paused.

He then turned to Marian and said, “May kailangan akong aminin, may kailangan akong sabihin sa iyo. Alam ko na nung nangyari ‘yon, meron akong importanteng bagay na hindi nagawa. Maraming bagay na hindi ko nasabi dahil sobrang overwhelmed ako… hindi ko alam kung papaano. Pero allow me to do it right this time.”

(I have something to confess, I have something to tell you. I know when that happened, I have something important that I wasn’t able to do. A lot of things I wasn’t able to say because I was so overwhelmed… I didn’t know how. But allow me to do it right this time.)

Dingdong then got down on one knee and Marian let the waterworks flow.

WATCH: Dingdong proposes to Marian

“Yan, whenever I pray, tuwing nagdarasal ako, alam mo, ito ang isa sa parati kong hinihiling, na sana bigyan Niya ako ng isang taong makakasama ko sa kalokohan, sa kalungkutan, sa kasiyahan… Isang taong alam kong ibibigay ko ang buong buhay ko sa kanya. Right now, wala na akong mahihiling pang iba. There’s nothing that I want and to ask for, but to settle down and have a family.”

(Yan, whenever I pray, you know, I always ask Him to give me someone who will be there with me to have fun, in sorrow, in joy… A person I know I will devote my entire life to. Right now, I can’t ask for anything else. There’s nothing that I want and to ask for, but to settle down and have a family.)

“Yan, sa tagal ng pagsasama natin… may isang bagay na malinaw sa akin—that I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Kaya ngayon, saksi ang mga mahal natin sa buhay, gusto kong ipagsigawan sa buong mundo, na ikaw ang sagot sa aking mga dasal. I offer you this gift on your birthday, something that’s beyond any material thing or tangible want, but I offer myself, my love today and all the days of my life.”

(Yan, we’ve been together for so long… There’s only one thing that’s clear to me–hat I want to spend the rest of my life with you. So now, with our loved ones as witnesses, I want to declare to the whole world that you are the answer to prayers. I offer you this gift on your birthday, something that’s beyond any material thing or tangible want, but I offer myself, my love today and all the days of my life.)

“So please, Marian,” Dingdong said. “Marian, will you be my wife?”

The studio erupted with cheers from the audience.

Instead of saying something, Marian kissed Dingdong and said, “I love you.” He then carefully slipped the ring to Marian’s finger.

With report from Erwin Santiago, PEP.ph