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Recording artist Mika contributed a track to the show. The song, "Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)", a top ten hit in the UK, was used as the promo theme for the second season, but with altered lyrics to say "Hey Betty, you are beautiful" in the song's chorus, along with a music video featuring the cast. This was the second time a Mika song had been featured on Ugly Betty, with a remix of "Grace Kelly" having already featured in "Punch Out".
After four episodes of the second season of Ugly Betty had aired in Australia, the Seven Network noted that special guests Victoria Beckham, Lindsay Lohan and Naomi Campbell would be guest starring in the near future. Unfortunately, Australian viewers only saw Victoria Beckham and the others were not seen until the season finale aired. After several weeks, "Giving Up the Ghost" aired on 2 July 2008. Ugly Betty was then put on hiatus and the Seven Network announced they planned to show the rest of the episodes after the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. After only one episode, "Bananas for Betty", was shown on the 28th of August 2008, Ugly Betty was cancelled for no apparent reason. After several complaints for not finishing the season, the show went back to air on 2 December 2008 where it aired twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays, eventually only airing the show on Thursdays. The final episode aired on Thursday the 15th of January 2009.
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