The second season of the South Korean reality television competition show K-pop Star premiered on SBS on November 18, 2012, airing Sunday evenings at 4:55 pm KST as part of the Good Sunday lineup. Yoon Do-hyun returned as host and narrator, and Boom returned as live host. Yang Hyun-suk, Park Jin-young, and BoA returned as judges. The season ended on April 6, 2013, with Akdong Musician crowned as winner and chose to sign with YG Entertainment. Contestants from the Top 10 of Season 2 returned for a special Dream Stage - Best of the Best episode on April 14, 2013, competing with contestants of Season 1 for the title of Overall Champion.
Judges:
Yang Hyun-suk: YG Entertainment CEO, producer, singer
Park Jin-young: JYP Entertainment Executive producer, singer, songwriter
BoA: SM Entertainment singer, dancer, songwriter, record producer
Top 10:
Akdong Musician
Bang Ye-dam
Andrew Choi
2,000 Won
Raccoon Boys
Shin Ji-hoon
YouU
Choi Ye-geun
Sung Su-jin
Lee Jin-woo