Ranaviru Real Star up for its second season

Chrisni Mendis

Ranaviru Real Star is one of the most popular reality shows in Sri Lanka according to television ratings carried out by LMRB, grossing 2 million votes nation wide for the final in 2009.

“The show opened the stage for our war heroes to bring light their aesthetic talents that were hidden during the war,” highlighted Lakshman Hulugalle. Breaking out on October 21, Mission 2 is expected to be far more extravagant with the initial 30,000 applicants and the selected 3,000 participants.

The participants of Mission 2 are only our very own service men and women who have completed two years of active service in the tri armed forces. Last year’s Ranaviru Real Star Commander Damien Fernando of the Sri Lanka Navy said, “The experience was wonderful, but it wasn’t about being a star that made me truly happy, it was about how people talked about my personality on stage” which highlights the core of the show itself: not only bringing out the hidden talents of the armed forces, but gives them a stage to project their personality and enjoy themselves.

Nevertheless the winners of the reality show gain luxurious prizes at the end of the season. The winner of Ranaviru Real Star Mission 2 will receive a house worth 15 million rupees.

The runner up will receive a 2 million-rupee car, 2nd runner up with a cash prize of 1 million rupees and the fourth and fifth placements walking away with 500,000 rupees each.

Sponsoring the grand event is Sri Lanka’s largest mobile service provider, Dialog, along with Rupavahini as the show’s prestigious media partner.

“Partnering with Ranaviru Real Star for the second year running is an honor and a privilege,” Dialog Axiata Group Chief Marketing Officer Nushad Perera stated. He added that the realization of hidden talents of our heroes from the forces is a worthy cause.

, “This is not the event of the military, or the event of Dialog, but an event for Sri Lanka – Ranaviru Real Star,” Rupavahini Chairman Mohan Samaranayake said.