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| Season Name: | Cooku With Comali | ||||||
| Season Number: | 5 | ||||||
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| Network: | Star Vijay | ||||||
| Prev Season: | Season 4 |
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 air on every Saturday and Sunday at 21:30.[1]
Chef Damodharan continues as judge of the fifth season, alongside new judge Madhampatty Rangaraj.[2] Rakshan and Manimegalai are hosting the current season.[3]
| S. No. | Name | Entry episode | Episode exited | Nominations faced | Immunity won | Saturday cooking winner | Advantage round | Chef of the week | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Akshay Kamal | Episode 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 2 | Dhivya Duraisamy | Episode 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| 3 | Mohamed Irfan | Episode 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| 4 | Priyanka Deshpande | Episode 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||||
| 5 | VTV Ganesh | Episode 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 6 | Sujitha | Episode 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Pooja Venkat | Episode 1 | Episode 32[4] | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | Eliminated | |
| 8 | Shaalin Zoya | Episode 1 | Episode 28[5] | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | Eliminated | |
| Episode 29 (Guest) | ||||||||||
| 9 | Vasanth Vasi | Episode 1 | Episode 18[6] | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | Eliminated | |
| 10 | Srikanth Deva | Episode 1 | Episode 8[7] | 1 | — | — | — | — | Eliminated |
| S. No. | Name | Entry Week | Participated Week | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sunitha Gogoi | Week 1 | Week 1-17 | Main Comali | |
| 2 | Sarath | Week 1 | Week 1-17 | Main Comali | |
| 3 | Mohamed Kuraishi | Week 1 | Week 1-2, 4-17 | Main Comali | |
| 4 | Pugazh[8] | Week 1 | Week 1-9, 12-17 | Main Comali | |
| 5 | Ramar[9] | Week 1 | Week 1, 3-5, 7-17 | Main Comali | |
| 6 | Vyshali Kemkar | Week 1 | Week 1-15 | Main Comali | |
| 7 | Anshita Akbarsha | Week 1 | Week 1-9, 11-14, 16 | Main Comali | |
| 8 | Thangadurai | Week 2 | Week 2-12, 14, 16, 17 | Main Comali | |
| 9 | Shabi Shabnam[10] | Week 1 | Week 1, 2, 5, 6 | Guest Comali | |
| 10 | Farina Azad | Week 3 | Week 3, 4, 6, 7, 9 | Guest Comali | |
| 11 | Thidiyan | Week 2 | Week 2, 3 | Guest Comali | |
| 12 | TSK[11] | Week 3 | Week 3 | Guest Comali | |
| 13 | Aranthangi Nisha | Week 8 | Week 8, 13 | Guest Comali | |
| 14 | Robo Shankar | Week 10 | Week 10 | Guest Comali | |
| 15 | Azhar[12] | Week 11 | Week 11 | Guest Comali | |
| 16 | Vinoth | Week 1 | Week 1, 2, 4 | Guest Comali | |
| 17 | Manimegalai | Week 6 | Week 6 | Guest Comali/Anchor | |
| 18 | Nanjil Vijayan | Week 1 | Week 1 | Quit the Show |
| Week | Episodes | Guests | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 10 | 19 & 20 | [13] | ||
| Week 14 | 24 & 25 | [14] | ||
| Week 16 | 30 & 31 | [15] |
| 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| class="table-rh" | Akshay Kamal | Shabnam | Sunitha | Anshita | Sarath | Shabnam/Kuraishi | Farina/Kemy | Thangadurai | Sunitha | Pugazh | Sarath | Sunitha | Kuraishi | Sarath | Anshita | Kemy | Pugazh | Ramar | |
| class="table-rh" | Dhivya Duraisamy | Ramar | Kuraishi | Pugazh/Kemy | Thangadurai | Anshita | Sunitha | Sarath | Kuraishi | Sunitha | Shankar | Ramar | Anshita | Sunitha | Kuraishi | Sarath | Kuraishi | Sarath | |
| class="table-rh" | Mohammed Irfan | Anshita | Sarath | Farina | Pugazh | Thangadurai | Anshita | Kuraishi | Nisha | Kuraishi | Sunitha | Thangadurai | Sarath | Kemy | Ramar | Not Participated | Anshita | Sunitha/Kuraishi | |
| class="table-rh" | Priyanka Deshpande | Vinoth | Shabnam/Pugazh | Ramar | Anshita | Pugazh | Kemy/Farina | Sunitha | Ramar | Sarath | Kemy | Azhar | Thangadurai | Ramar/Kuraishi | Thangadurai | Pugazh | Thangadurai | Kuraishi/Sunitha | |
| class="table-rh" | VTV Ganesh | Pugazh | Pugazh/Shabnam | Thidiyan | Ramar | Kuraishi/Shabnam | Kuraishi | Farina | Pugazh | Thangadurai | Kuraishi | Kemy | Ramar | Nisha | Pugazh | Ramar/Kuraishi | Ramar | Thangadurai | |
| class="table-rh" | Sujitha | Sarath | Kemy | Kemy/Pugazh | Kuraishi | Ramar | Thangadurai | Kemy | Anshita | Kemy | Ramar | Sarath | Pugazh/Sunitha | Pugazh | Kemy | Sunitha | Sarath | Pugazh | |
| class="table-rh" | Pooja Venkat | Kemy | Vinoth | Sunitha | Farina | Sarath | Sarath | Ramar | Thangadurai | Anshita | Thangadurai | Kuraishi | Sunitha/Pugazh | Anshita | Sunitha | Kuraishi/Ramar | Sunitha | Eliminated (Episode 32) | |
| class="table-rh" | Shaalin Zoya | Kuraishi | Thangadurai | TSK | Kemy | Sunitha | Pugazh | Anshita | Sarath | Ramar | Not Participated | Anshita | Kemy | Kuraishi/Ramar | Sarath | Eliminated (Episode 28) | |||
| class="table-rh" | Vasanth Vasi | Vijayan | Thidiyan | Sarath | Vinoth | Kemy | Shabnam/Manimegalai | Pugazh | Kemy | Farina | Eliminated (Episode 18) | ||||||||
| class="table-rh" | Srikanth Deva | Sunitha | Anshita | Thangadurai | Sunitha | Eliminated (Episode 8) | |||||||||||||
Color 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 | |
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| Chef of the week | Sujitha[16] | Dhivya | Vasanth | Akshay | Irfan | Priyanka | Sujitha | Sujitha & Priyanka | Sujitha | Akshay, Dhivya, Ganesh, Irfan, Pooja, Priyanka & Sujitha | Pooja | Priyanka | Dhivya | Priyanka | Ganesh | Priyanka | Sujitha | |
| Advantage Winner | NA | Sujitha & Priyanka | Akshay | Irfan | None | Priyanka[17] | Ganesh | Sujitha | Priyanka | Pooja | Akshay | Irfan | Sujitha | Priyanka | Irfan | |||
| Immunity Winner | None | Sujitha | ||||||||||||||||
| Akshay | Not Eligible | Advantage Winner | Chef of the week | Not Eligible | Danger Zone | Faced Elimination Round | Chef of the week | Not Eligible | Danger Zone | Advantage Winner Danger Zone | Faced Elimination Round | Danger Zone | Faced Elimination Round | Not Eligible | ||||
| Dhivya | Not Eligible | Chef of the week | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Chef of the week | Not Eligible | ||||||||||||
| Ganesh | Not Eligible | Advantage Winner | Not Eligible | Danger Zone | Faced Elimination Round | Chef of the week | Not Eligible | Danger Zone | ||||||||||
| Irfan | Not Eligible | Advantage Winner | Chef of the week | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Advantage Winner | Not participated Danger Zone | Faced Elimination Round | Advantage Winner | |||||||||
| Priyanka | Not Eligible | Advantage Winner | Not Eligible | Advantage winner Chef of the week | Not Eligible | Chef of the week | Not Eligible | Advantage winner Chef of the week | Not Eligible | Chef of the week | Not Eligible | Chef of the week | Not Eligible | Advantage winner Chef of the week | Not Eligible | |||
| 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 | ||||||||
| Pooja | Not Eligible | Danger Zone | Faced Elimination Round | Advantage winner Chef of the week | Advantage Winner | Not Eligible | Danger Zone Faced Elimination Round | Eliminated | ||||||||||
| Shaalin | Not Eligible | Danger Zone | Faced Elimination Round | Not Eligible | Not participated | Not Eligible | Danger Zone | Faced Elimination Round | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Vasanth | Not Eligible | Chef of the week | Not Eligible | Danger Zone | Faced Elimination Round | Eliminated | ||||||||||||
| Srikanth | Not Eligible | Danger Zone | Faced Elimination Round | Eliminated | ||||||||||||||
| Re-Entered | 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 | ||||
| Nominated For Elimination Round | None | Shaalin, Srikanth | None | Pooja, Vasanth, Akshay | None | Ganesh, Akshay & Shaalin | None | Akshay, Irfan & Pooja | None | |||||||||
| Eliminated | None | Srikanth | None | Vasanth | None | Shaalin | None | Pooja | None | |||||||||
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. 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 [18] Madhampatty Rangaraj.[19] [20] [21] [22]
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."[23]
On 15 June 2024, Aranthangi Nisha entered the show as new comali.[24]
The fifth season of Cooku with Comali The two judges promo was unveiled on 18 March 2024,[25] The second promo was unveiled on 27 March 2024, featuring hosts Rakshan and Manimegalai with Sunitha Gogoi, Mohamed Kuraishi and Pugazh.[26] [27] The third promo was unveiled on 18 April 2024, revealing the release date.[28] [29]
The show started airing on Star Vijay on 27 April 2024,[30] replacing Jodi Are U Ready time slot.