25 Couples Get Engaged in Epic Live 'GMA' Proposal
These 25 couples were selected for an epic live proposal in Bryant Park.
— -- Love was certainly in the air this morning on “Good Morning America.”
Men and women from around the country wrote to "GMA" wanting to surprise their sweethearts with the wedding proposal of a lifetime and 25 lucky couples were selected to take part in our biggest pop-the-question event ever.
Flown in by our sponsor, JetBlue, the unaware significant others thought they had won a free trip to a Valentine’s Day concert at the Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park in New York City, but their sneaky better halves knew the truth.
The engagement rings were burning holes into the lovebirds’ pockets as they gathered on the ice for a special performance by Christina Perri singing “A Thousand Years," the platinum hit she wrote for "The Twilight Saga - Breaking Dawn, Part 1."
That’s when the magic began.
As Perri sang atop a piano in the middle of the ice rink, "GMA" co-anchor Lara Spencer and correspondent T.J. Holmes instructed the lovebirds to get ready.
Nearly in sync, half of the 25 couples got down on bended knee and proposed.
“I did it gracefully as possible,” said one groom-to-be.
"I kind of had a feeling but, no, so surprised,” said his bride-to-be. "I’m speechless. Very happy."
"Surprised. Shocked. Happy," said another bride-to-be, summing up her feelings in three words.
"It was hard," her fiance said of both keeping the secret and waking up early for the "GMA" surprise. "But it was worth it."