Rylan Clark has announced that he and boyfriend Dan Neal are now engaged.

Clark, a former X Factor finalist, and Neal, who rose to fame on Big Brother, got engaged during a romantic break in Paris earlier this week.

Clark, 25, shared a picture of the happy couple on Twitter yesterday (September 18) to celebrate the news – see below.

Pleased to say we’re engaged. Thank you for all your lovely messages. Myself and @DanNealOfficial are very happy xxx pic.twitter.com/CYXSYnwgcI

— Rylan Ross Clark (@Rylan) September 18, 2014

The couple met last year when Neal appeared on Big Brother’s Bit on the Side, which Clark hosts, after Neal, a former police officer, was evicted from series 14 of Big Brother.

Meanwhile, it was recently reported that Rylan Clark has signed a record deal almost two years after he appeared on The X Factor – read more here.