Cooku with Comali season 5

Cooku With Comali
Season 5
Hosted byRakshan
Manimegalai (Upto Week 21)
JudgesChef Damu
Madhampatty Rangaraj
No. of contestants10
WinnerPriyanka Deshpande
Runner-upSujitha Dhanush
Release
Original networkStar Vijay
Original release27 April (27 April 2024) –
29 September 2024 (2024-09-29)
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Cooku with Comali 5 is the fifth season of the Tamil reality cooking TV show Cooku with Comali. It premiered on Star Vijay on April 17, 2024, and aired on every Saturday and Sunday at 21:30.[1]

Chef Damodharan continues as judge of the fifth season, alongside new judge Madhampatty Rangaraj.[2][3]

The Grand Finale Telecasted on 29 September 2024, with Priyanka Deshpande emerging as the winner and Sujitha emerging as the runner up of the show.[4]

Contestants (cooks)

S.No. Name Entry episode Episode exited Elimination rounds faced Immunity won Saturday cooking winner Advantage round Chef of the week Status
1 Priyanka Deshpande Episode 1 Episode 46 — 2 4 7 Winner
2 Sujitha Dhanush Episode 1 Episode 46 — 1 1 5 7 Runner-up
3 Mohamed Irfan Episode 1 Episode 46 2 — 2 4 4 Finalist
4 Pooja Venkat Episode 1 Episode 32[5] 2 — 1 2 3 Eliminated
Episode 43 Episode 46 Finalist
5 Shaalin Zoya Episode 1 Episode 28[6] 2 — 1 — 1 Eliminated
Episode 29 (Guest) — —
Episode 43 Episode 46 Finalist
6 VTV Ganesh Episode 1 Episode 40[7] 2 — 1 1 3 Eliminated
Episode 43 Episode 46 Finalist
7 Akshay Kamal Episode 1 Episode 42 4 — 3 3 2 Eliminated
Episode 43 Episode 45
8 Vasanth Vasi Episode 1 Episode 18[8] 1 — 1 1 Eliminated
Episode 43 Episode 45
9 Dhivya Duraisamy Episode 1 Episode 40[9] 1 — 2 — 3 Eliminated
10 Srikanth Deva Episode 1 Episode 8[10] 1 — Eliminated

Comalis

S. No. Name Entry Week Participated Week Status
01 Sunita Gogoi Week 1 Week 1-23 Main Comali
02 Sarath Week 1 Week 1-20, 23 Main Comali
03 Mohamed Kuraishi Week 1 Week 1-2, 4-23 Main Comali
04 Ramar[11] Week 1 Week 1, 3-5, 7-23 Main Comali
05 Thangadurai Week 2 Week 2-12, 14, 16-18, 20, 23 Main Comali
06 Pugazh[12] Week 1 Week 1-9, 12-21, 23 Main Comali
07 Anshitha Akbarsha Week 1 Week 1-9, 11-14, 16, 18 Main Comali
08 Vyshali Kemkar Week 1 Week 1-15, 18 Main Comali
09 Thidiyan Week 2 Week 2, 3, 18 Guest Comali
10 TSK[13] Week 3 Week 3, 18 Guest Comali
11 Aranthangi Nisha Week 8 Week 8, 13 Guest Comali
12 Azhar[14] Week 11 Week 11 Guest Comali
13 Robo Shankar[15] Week 10 Week 10 Guest Comali
14 Farina Azad Week 3 Week 3, 4, 6, 7, 9 Guest Comali
15 Shabi Shabnam[16] Week 1 Week 1, 2, 5, 6 Guest Comali
16 Vinoth Week 1 Week 1, 2, 4 Guest Comali
17 Manimegalai Week 6 Week 6 Guest Comali/Anchor/Quit the Show
18 Nanjil Vijayan Week 1 Week 1 Quit the Show

Guests

Week Episodes Guests Ref.
1 2 Vanitha Vijayakumar, Vidyullekha Raman
3 5 Subramaniam Badrinath, Lakshmipathy Balaji
4 7 & 8 Radha
7 14 Madurai Muthu
8 15 & 16 Vijay Sethupathi, Mamta Mohandas, Natarajan Subramaniam
9 18 Raj Ayyappa, Ayesha Zeenath, Naveen Muralidhar, Ashwini Aanandita, Deepika Venkatachalam, Krishna Raghunandhan
10 19 & 20 Robo Shankar
11 21 & 22 Mirchi Shiva, Aruldoss
12 23 M. Sasikumar, RJ Balaji, Laila, Napoleon, Gautham Karthik, Thaman S, Anjali, Aishwarya Rajesh - (Cameo appearances)
14 27 & 28 Vijay Antony, Saranya Ponvannan [17]
16 31 & 32 Prashanth, Priya Anand [18]
18 35 Mari Selvaraj, Dhivya Duraisamy
35 & 36 VJ Vishal, Vanitha Vijayakumar, Sivaangi Krishnakumar, Baba Bhaskar, Shakeela Begum
19 37 Yogi
38 Nani, Priyanka Mohan
21 41 Harish Kalyan, Sanjana Krishnamoorthy, Swasika, Sean Roldan
41 & 42 Shobanaa Uthaman, Sharanya Turadi Sundarraj, Navin Kumar, Vinusha Devi
22 43 & 44 Hiphop Tamizha (Adhi), Anagha Maruthora
44 Shaam, Abhirami Gopikumar, Avantika Mishra, Pugazh
45 Madhampatty Rangaraj, Latha R.Maniyarasu
23 46 Radha
Karthi, Arvind Swamy

Pairings

Cooks Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Week 13 Week 14 Week 15 Week 16 Week 17 Week 18 Week 19 Week 20 Week 21 Week 22 Week 23
Grand Finale
Priyanka Vinoth Shabnam/Pugazh Ramar Anshita Pugazh Kemy/Farina Sunitha Ramar Sarath Kemy Azhar Thangadurai Ramar/Kuraishi Thangadurai Pugazh Thangadurai Kuraishi/Sunitha TSK Sunitha/Pugazh Kuraishi Ramar & Vinusha 2nd Finalist Kuraishi/Ramar
Sujitha Sarath Kemy Kemy/Pugazh Kuraishi Ramar Thangadurai Kemy Anshita Kemy Ramar Sarath Pugazh/Sunitha Pugazh Kemy Sunitha Sarath Pugazh Not Participated Sarath Sunitha Pugazh & Navin 1st Finalist Pugazh
Irfan Anshita Sarath Farina Pugazh Thangadurai Anshita Kuraishi Nisha Kuraishi Sunitha Thangadurai Sarath Kemy Ramar Not Participated Anshita Sunitha/Kuraishi Kemy Kuraishi Sarath Kuraishi & Sharanya 3rd Finalist Thangadurai/Sarath
Pooja Kemy Vinoth Sunitha Farina Sarath Sarath Ramar Thangadurai Anshita Thangadurai Kuraishi Sunitha/Pugazh Anshita Sunitha Kuraishi/Ramar Sunitha Eliminated (Episode 32) Kuraishi
4th Finalist 		Sarath/Kuraishi
Shaalin Kuraishi Thangadurai TSK Kemy Sunitha Pugazh Anshita Sarath Ramar Not Participated Anshita Kemy Kuraishi/Ramar Sarath Eliminated (Episode 28) Sarath
5th Finalist 		Sunitha
Ganesh Pugazh Pugazh/Shabnam Thidiyan Ramar Kuraishi/Shabnam Kuraishi Farina Pugazh Thangadurai Kuraishi Kemy Ramar Nisha Pugazh Ramar/Kuraishi Ramar Thangadurai Ramar Ramar Eliminated (Episode 40) Ramar
6th Finalist 		Ramar/Thangadurai
Akshay Shabnam Sunitha Anshita Sarath Shabnam/Kuraishi Farina/Kemy Thangadurai Sunitha Pugazh Sarath Sunitha Kuraishi Sarath Anshita Kemy Pugazh Ramar Thidiyan Pugazh/Sunitha Pugazh Sunitha & Shobanaa Sunitha Eliminated (Episode 45)
Vasanth Vijayan Thidiyan Sarath Vinoth Kemy Shabnam/Manimegalai Pugazh Kemy Farina Eliminated (Episode 18) Thangadurai
Dhivya Ramar Kuraishi Pugazh/Kemy Thangadurai Anshita Sunitha Sarath Kuraishi Sunitha Shankar Ramar Anshita Sunitha Kuraishi Sarath Kuraishi Sarath Not Participated Thangadurai Eliminated (Episode 40)
Srikanth Sunitha Anshita Thangadurai Sunitha Eliminated (Episode 8)

Elimination history

Color key:

  Winner
  Runner-up
  2nd Runner-up
  3rd Runner-up
  4th Runner-up
  5th Runner-up
  Finalist
  Wildcard round
  Danger zone
  Faced Elimination round
  Won advantage
  Won immunity
  Chef of the week
  Eliminated
  Re-entered the game
WEEKS Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Week 13 Week 14 Week 15 Week 16 Week 17 Week 18 Week 19 Week 20 Week 21 Week 22 Week 23
Grand Finale
Chef of the week Sujitha[19] Dhivya Vasanth Akshay Irfan Priyanka Sujitha Sujitha & Priyanka Sujitha Akshay, Dhivya, Ganesh, Irfan, Pooja, Priyanka & Sujitha Pooja Priyanka Dhivya Priyanka Ganesh Priyanka Sujitha Vishal (CWC S4) Irfan Sujitha Pooja, Shaalin & Ganesh Priyanka
Advantage Winner NA Sujitha & Priyanka Akshay Irfan None Priyanka[20] Ganesh Sujitha Priyanka Pooja Akshay Irfan Sujitha Priyanka Irfan Akshay Sujitha Irfan Vasanth NA
Immunity Winner None Sujitha None
Priyanka Not Eligible Advantage Winner Not Eligible Advantage winner
Chef of the week 		Not Eligible Chef of the week Not Eligible Not Eligible Chef of the week Not Eligible Chef of the week Not Eligible Advantage winner
Chef of the week 		Not Eligible 2nd Finalist Winner
Sujitha Chef of the week Advantage Winner Not Eligible Chef of the week Advantage Winner
Chef of the week 		Chef of the week Not Eligible Advantage Winner Not Eligible Chef of the week
Immunity Winner 		Not Participated Advantage Winner Chef of the week 1st Finalist Runner-up
Irfan Not Eligible Advantage Winner Chef of the week Not Eligible Not Eligible Advantage Winner Not participated
Danger Zone 		Faced Elimination Round Advantage Winner Danger Zone Chef of the week Advantage Winner 3rd Finalist Finalist
Pooja Not Eligible Danger Zone Faced Elimination Round Advantage winner
Chef of the week 		Advantage Winner Not Eligible Danger Zone
Faced Elimination Round 		Eliminated (Episode 32) Wildcard round
Chef of the week
4th Finalist
Shaalin Not Eligible Danger Zone Faced Elimination Round Not Eligible Not Eligible Danger Zone Faced Elimination Round Eliminated (Episode 28) Wildcard round
Chef of the week
5th Finalist
Ganesh Not Eligible Advantage Winner Not Eligible Danger Zone Faced Elimination Round Chef of the week Not Eligible Danger Zone Danger Zone
Faced Elimination Round 		Eliminated (Episode 40) Wildcard round
Chef of the week
6th Finalist
Akshay Not Eligible Advantage Winner Chef of the week Not Eligible Danger Zone Faced Elimination Round Not Eligible Danger Zone Advantage Winner
Danger Zone 		Faced Elimination Round Danger Zone Faced Elimination Round Not Eligible Advantage Winner
Danger Zone 		Not Eligible Eliminated (Episode 42) Wildcard round Eliminated (Episode 45)
Vasanth Not Eligible Chef of the week Not Eligible Danger Zone Faced Elimination Round Eliminated (Episode 18) Wildcard round
Dhivya Not Eligible Chef of the week Not Eligible Chef of the week Not Eligible Chef of the week Not Eligible Not Participated
Danger Zone 		Danger Zone
Faced Elimination Round 		Eliminated (Episode 40)
Srikanth Not Eligible Danger Zone Faced Elimination Round Eliminated (Episode 8)
Re-Entered/ Wildcard Round None Vasanth, Shaalin, Pooja, Ganesh & Akshay None
Danger Zone None Shaalin & Srikanth None Pooja Pooja & Vasanth Pooja, Vasanth & Akshay None Ganesh Ganesh & Akshay Ganesh, Akshay & Shaalin None Akshay & Irfan Akshay, Irfan & Pooja Ganesh Ganesh, Irfan & Akshay Ganesh, Dhivya Ganesh, Dhivya None
Faced Elimination Round None Shaalin, Srikanth None Pooja, Vasanth, Akshay None Ganesh, Akshay, Shaalin None Akshay, Irfan, Pooja None Ganesh, Dhivya None Ganesh,
Pooja,
Shaalin,
Irfan,
Sujitha,
Priyanka
Eliminated None Srikanth None Vasanth None Shaalin None Pooja None Dhivya & Ganesh Akshay Vasanth & Akshay Ganesh Shaalin Pooja
Irfan Sujitha
Priyanka

Production

Development

The first four seasons were produced by Media Masons and have been broadcast on Star Vijay since 2019. The fifth installment of the show is now under the production of a new company called Box Office Studio. While the format of the show remain the same, a notable change happened in this season is within the judging panel, with Chef Venkatesh Bhat being succeeded by [21] Madhampatty Rangaraj.[22][23][24][25]

Casting

Pugazh, Sunitha Gogoi, Mohamed Kuraishi, Kpy Sarath return to Comalis the contestants during the fifth season of Sa Cooku with Comali. Ramar, Shabishabnam, Nanjil Vijayan, Anshita Akbarsha and Vyishali Kemkar is the new Comalis to join for the fifth season. However after one week, Nanjil Vijayan left the show in May 2024 as he was announcement in social media, "Hi friends, I am leaving the 'Cooku with Comali' show. I have no problem with the channel, and after this, I will not appear in any show produced by the box office company."[26]

On 15 June 2024, Aranthangi Nisha entered the show as new comali.[27]

Release

The fifth season of Cooku with Comali The two judges promo was unveiled on 18 March 2024,[28] The second promo was unveiled on 27 March 2024, featuring hosts Rakshan and Manimegalai with Sunitha Gogoi, Mohamed Kuraishi and Pugazh.[29][30] The third promo was unveiled on 18 April 2024, revealing the release date.[31][32]

The show started airing on Star Vijay on 27 April 2024,[33] replacing Jodi Are U Ready time slot.

References

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  2. ^ பீட்டர் பார்க்கர் (18 April 2024). "குக்கர், சிரிப்பு 2 சத்தமும் கேட்கும்.. மாதம்பட்டி ரங்கராஜ் - தாமு இணையும் குக்கு வித் கோமாளி 5 ப்ரோமோ!". tamil.abplive.com (in Tamil).
  3. ^ "தொகுப்பாளராக களம் இறங்கும் ரக்ஷன் - மணிமேகலை! அட கோமாளிகள் இவங்க தானா? 'குக் வித் கோமாளி' சீசன் 5 அப்டேட்!". tamil.asianetnews.com (in Tamil). 27 March 2024.
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