''Airtel Super Singer 2'', the second season of the music competition reality show

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, premiered on 7 July 2008. Episodes were telecasted on

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between Monday and Wednesday. Judges for the show were

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and

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. Chinmayi was the host of the show until January 2009 and was followed by Malini Yugendran (Hayma Malini) and Yugendran Vasudevan Nair. The voice trainer was

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. The Grand Finale was held on 3 June 2009 at YMCA Royapettah, Chennai. At the finals,

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won the competition. Ravi and Renu took the second and third positions respectively. Ajeesh was chosen by

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to sing the song ''

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'' for the

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movie,

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