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Performance Stars

* Amrita Arora *

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* Tanushree Dutta * Hard Kaur * Suzanne D'Mello * Shamita Shetty *

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Season Finale

* ''Oye! It's Friday!'' came to an end on 20 March 2009, after a moderately successful run.

External links

''Oye! It's Friday!'' official website
* Variety television series Indian television talk shows {{India-tv-prog-stub