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Dismayed at hate messages, Benny Dayal steps out of Disney+ Hotstar's next season of Super Singer

The singer thanked those viewers who showered him love from the beginning of the season and added that the hatred was too much for a human being to digest.  

Dismayed at hate messages, Benny Dayal steps out of Disney+ Hotstar's next season of Super Singer

Benny Dayal

Last Updated: 06.27 PM, Aug 14, 2021

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Popular playback singer Benny Dayal needs no introduction. Having crooned for several chartbuster songs in different languages, he has also been a part of the TV reality show, Super Singer Season, as one of its judges, along with Anuradha Sriram, Unni Krishnan and Kalpana Raghavendar. The elimination of Sridhar Sena, a popular contestant from the show, sparked outrage among its regular viewers. Many of them took to social media platforms to express their disappointment over the judge's decision to oust him from the show. Some of them went on to abuse Benny Dayal, who judged the show.      

Quite distressed at the constant hate messages received in the last few days on social media, the singer announced that he won't be a part of the show's next season. He posted on his Instagram account, "I will no more be posting anything associated with Super Singer 8. I can't take all the hate messages." Benny also thanked those viewers who showered him love from the beginning of the season and added that the hatred was too much for a human being to digest.  

Super Singer Season 8, which was launched in a grand manner in the presence of Hariharan, Shankar Mahadevan, Vijay Prakash, Sid Sriram and Saindhavi, began earlier this year with 20 participants. The elimination round commenced recently and Sridhar was one of the 13 contestants who were ousted by the judges. Abhilash, Manasi, Muthusirpi, Bharath, Iyenar, Adithya and Anu Anand are the remaining participants on the show now. Benny Dayal, who was the judge for some of the show's previous seasons as well, had lent his voice for Sirikkalam Parakkalam from Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal and Virginity from Irandam Kuththu in Tamil, recently.  

The show, which is hosted by Ma Ka Pa Anand and Priyanka Deshpande, is streaming on Disney+ Hotstar. 

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