Cooku with Comali season 5 explained

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Season Name:	Cooku With Comali
Season Number:	5
Module1:	Judges: Chef Damu Madhampatty Rangaraj Host: Rakshan Manimegalai (Upto Week 21) Num Contestants: 10 Winner: Priyanka Deshpande Runner Up: Sujitha Dhanush
Network:	Star Vijay
Prev Season:	Season 4
Next Season:	Season 6

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	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)	style="text-align: center;"
		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

Comparison

S. No.	Name	Entry Week	Participated Week	Status
01		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		^[17]
16	31 & 32		^[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 !scope="col" style ="background: #7FFFD4;" style="background: #7FFFD4; color: black;"

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
class="table-rh"	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
class="table-rh"	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
class="table-rh"	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
class="table-rh"	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
class="table-rh"	Shaalin	Kuraishi	Thangadurai	TSK	Kemy	Sunitha	Pugazh	Anshita	Sarath	Ramar	Not Participated	Anshita	Kemy	Kuraishi/Ramar	Sarath	Eliminated (Episode 28)							Sarath 5th Finalist	Sunitha
class="table-rh"	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
class="table-rh"	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)
class="table-rh"	Vasanth	Vijayan	Thidiyan	Sarath	Vinoth	Kemy	Shabnam/Manimegalai	Pugazh	Kemy	Farina	Eliminated (Episode 18)												Thangadurai
class="table-rh"	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)
class="table-rh"	Srikanth	Sunitha	Anshita	Thangadurai	Sunitha	Eliminated (Episode 8)

Elimination history

Colour key:

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
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
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		Priyanka, Ganesh, Irfan, Pooja, Shaalin, Sujitha
Eliminated	None			Srikanth	None				Vasanth	None				Shaalin	None	Pooja	None			Dhivya & Ganesh	Akshay	Vasanth & Akshay	Shaalin	Ganesh	Irfan
																							Pooja	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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 'Cooku With Comali Season 5' will commence with a grand launch event on this date!. www.indiaglitz.com. 18 April 2024. en.
2. Web site: பீட்டர் பார்க்கர் . குக்கர், சிரிப்பு 2 சத்தமும் கேட்கும்.. மாதம்பட்டி ரங்கராஜ் - தாமு இணையும் குக்கு வித் கோமாளி 5 ப்ரோமோ!. tamil.abplive.com. 18 April 2024. ta.
3. Web site: தொகுப்பாளராக களம் இறங்கும் ரக்ஷன் - மணிமேகலை! அட கோமாளிகள் இவங்க தானா? 'குக் வித் கோமாளி' சீசன் 5 அப்டேட்! . tamil.asianetnews.com. 27 March 2024. ta.
4. Web site: Cooku With Comali season 5 Winner: Priyanka Deshpande lifts the trophy; takes home cash prize of Rs 5 lakh. Times Of India. 30 September 2024.
5. Web site: Cooku with Comali Season 5: Pooja Venkat gets evicted. The Times of India. 12 August 2024. en.
6. Web site: Cooku with Comali Season 5: Shaalin Zoya gets evicted. The Times of India. 29 July 2024. en.
7. Web site: Cooku with Comali Season 5: Dhivya Duraisamy and VTV Ganesh gets evicted. The Times of India. 9 September 2024. en.
8. Web site: Cooku with Comali Season 5: Vasanth Vasi gets evicted. The Times of India. 24 June 2024. en.
9. Web site: Cooku with Comali Season 5: Dhivya Duraisamy and VTV Ganesh gets evicted. The Times of India. 9 September 2024. en.
10. Web site: Cooku with Comali Season 5: VShrikanth Deva gets evicted. The Times of India. 20 May 2024. en.
11. Web site: குக் வித் கோமாளி சீசன் 5: இந்த முறை கோமாளிகள் இவங்கதானா? மீண்டும் மணிமேகலை.. ராமர் என்ட்ரி அசத்தல். tamil.oneindia.com. 27 March 2024. ta.
12. Web site: Cook With Comali 5: From confirmed list of Comalis to the latest teaser. The Times of India. 28 March 2024. en.
13. Web site: Cooku With Comali 5: Saravana Kumar aka TSK joins as new comali. The Times of India. 9 May 2024. en.
14. Web site: Cooku With Comali 5: Azhar joins as new comali. The Times of India. 17 July 2024.
15. Web site: 30 June 2024 . Robo Shankar to grace the upcoming episode of Cooku With Comali 5 . The Times of India.
16. Web site: Cooku with Comali 5: Rumoured Comalis of the season. The Times of India. 15 April 2024. en.
17. Web site: Saranya Ponvannan to grace the upcoming episode of 'Cooku With Comali 5'. The Times of India. 27 July 2024.
18. Web site: Cooku with Comali 5: Prashanth and Priya Anand to grace the show. The Times of India. 10 August 2024.
19. Web site: Cooku with Comali 5: From welcoming ex-contestants Vanitha, Sakila, and others to Sujitha Dhanush-Sarath winning the chef of the week; major highlights of the latest episode. The Times of India. 30 April 2024. en.
20. Web site: Cooku with Comali 5: Priyanka and Kemy win advantage task. The Times of India. 2 June 2024. en.
21. Web site: Another 'Cooku With Comali' star quits the show following Chef Venkatesh Bhat's exit. www.indiaglitz.com. 24 February 2024. en.
22. Web site: Actor-chef Madhampatty Rangaraj to replace Venkatesh Bhat in ‘Cooku with Comali’. 17 March 2024. timesofindia.indiatimes.com. en.
23. Web site: Backiya Lakshmi & Abdul Shaikh. குக் வித் கோமாளியில் இணையும் பிரபல நடிகர்.. இனி பட் கிடையாது..!. tamil.latestly.com. 15 March 2024. ta.
24. Web site: Madhampatty Rangaraj To Replace Venkatesh Bhat In Cooku With Comali Season 5: Reports. www.news18.com. 15 March 2024. en.
25. Web site: ‘குக் வித் கோமாளி’ 5-வது சீசன் நடுவர் மாதம்பட்டி ரங்கராஜ்!. www.hindutamil.in. 18 March 2024. ta.
26. Web site: Nanjil Vijayan clears the air on quitting Cooku with Comali. timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 6 May 2024. ta.
27. Web site: Cooku With Comali 5: Aranthangi Nisha joins as new comali. timesofindia.indiatimes. 16 June 2024. ta.
28. Web site: வந்தாச்சு குக் வித் கோமாளி சீசன் 5.. நடுவரான மாதம்பட்டி ரங்கராஜ்.. ப்ரோமோ இதோ. tamil.abplive.com. 18 March 2024. ta.
29. Web site: Cooku With Comali Season 5 new promo: Hosts and comalis officially revealed!. www.indiaglitz.com. 27 March 2024. en.
30. Web site: ooku With Comali Season 5’s Promo Clip Is Trending. www.news18.com. 10 April 2024. en.
31. Web site: Cook With Comali 5 to premiere soon; from confirmed list of contestants to the latest teaser. The Times of India. 17 April 2024. en.
32. Web site: 'குக் வித் கோமாளி' சீசன் 5! எப்போது துவங்குகிறது தெரியுமா... புது புரோமோவுடன் தேதியை அறிவித்த விஜய் டிவி!. tamil.asianetnews.com. 18 April 2024. ta.
33. Web site: Cook With Comali 5 to premiere on April 27, 2024. 21 April 2024. timesofindia.indiatimes.com. en.