Kate DeAraugo has announced her engagement to long-term partner Shannon Riseley.
The Australian Idol winner, 40, took to Instagram on Thursday to share the happy news with followers.
The lovebirds have been enjoying a family vacation in Europe with their two children – Hudson, 2, and Noah, ten months – and Paris was the perfect place for Shannon to pop the question.
Kate announced the news with two romantic photos that showed her flaunting her diamond sparkler as she cuddled close to a beaming Shannon.
In one photo, taken in front of an illuminated Eiffel Tower, Kate was sporting an expression of joyous surprise as she proudly held her ring aloft.
The other image, shot in front of the Arc de Triomphe, showed the pair revelling in their love in the most romantic city on earth.
Kate DeAraugo has announced her engagement to long-term partner Shannon Riseley. The lovebirds have been enjoying a family vacation in Paris with their two children – Hudson, 2, and Noah, ten months – and the City of Love was the perfect place for Shannon to pop the question
‘What an incredible year 2025 was – and to finish it with this,’ Kate excitedly captioned the post.
‘Well, what can I say? It doesn’t get any better. I love you.’
Followers flocked to the comments to wish the happy couple the warmest of wishes.
‘Congratulations, lovely. You and your beautiful family deserve alllll the happiness in the world!’ one wrote.
Another chimed in with a similar: ‘Yay!!!! Congratulations Kate and Shannon!!! So exciting for the both of you and no better place than Paris!!! Xxxxxxx’
A third summed up the sentiment of many with an equally gushing: ‘What a way to finish the year!! Congratulations, super excited for you both.’Â
The proposal capped off an idyllic family vacation for Kate, with the foursome visiting Amsterdam and London before heading to Paris.       Â
It’s been a big year of milestones for Kate and Shannon, with the couple announcing in March that they had welcomed their second child.
Kate announced the news with two romantic photos that showed Kate flaunting her diamond sparkler as she cuddled close to a beaming Shannon. In one photo, taken in front of an illuminated Eiffel Tower, Kate was sporting an expression of joyous surprise as she proudly held her ring aloft
The other image, shot in front of the Arc de Triomphe, showed the pair revelling in their love in the most romantic city on earthÂ
The happy couple, who already have two-year-old son Hudson, revealed that the singer gave birth to a baby boy in February.
Kate shared a touching post-birth photo in which she can be seen holding her newborn, who the couple have called Noah, while a beaming Shannon posed alongside.
She also posted a photo of her two-year-old boy Hudson holding his new baby brother, whose face Kate covered with a love heart emoji to protect the family’s privacy.
‘I look forward to introducing you all to our little legend very soon!’ she said in the post.
Kate also shared intimate details about her birthing experience with Woman’s Day in April.
‘I was expecting the worse, but I feel like I recovered from a caesar way quicker than I thought I would,’ she said.
‘It was really cool. I got to help pass him up onto my chest. But still, if I was to choose to have a third – which I have no intention of doing – I would probably choose a natural birth.
‘It was painful and hard and all the things a natural birth is, but there’s just something about delivering a baby that way, maybe because it was my first, that was really embedded in my memory in the most beautiful way.
It’s been a big year of milestones for Kate and Shannon, with the couple announcing in March that they had welcomed their second child
Kate rose to fame after winning the 2005 iteration of Australian Idol
Kate told the publication she opted for a caesarean on the advice of her doctor after suffering a small injury giving birth to Hudson.
Kate and Shannon have been together since 2019, after meeting on a dating app, with the singer telling Woman’s Day in 2022 that they ‘clicked straight away.’
Kate rose to fame after winning the 2005 iteration of Australian Idol. However, her post-reality TV life was fraught with drug addiction.
In 2017, she hit rock bottom and pleaded guilty to possessing crystal meth, drug driving and weapons offences.
Avoiding conviction, the star was placed on a community corrections order and has since turned her life around.
