Cooku with Comali season 5

Season of television series

Cooku With Comali

Season 5
Hosted by| Rakshan
Manimegalai (Upto Week 21)
Judges| Chef Damu
Madhampatty Rangaraj
No. of contestants| 10
Winner| Priyanka Deshpande
Runner-up| Sujitha Dhanush
Release
Original network| Star Vijay
Original release| 27 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)

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S.No.  | Name  | Entry episode  | Episode exited  | Elimination rounds faced  | Immunity won  | Saturday cooking winner  | Advantage round  | Chef of the week  | Status

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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)  | —  | —
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

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S. No.  | Name  | Entry Week  | Participated Week  | Status

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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

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Week  | Episodes  | Guests  | Ref.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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### Development

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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

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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

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

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Cooku with Comali

Season|

* season 1 (2019-2020)
* season 2 (2020-2021)
* season 3 (2022)
* season 4 (2023)
* season 5 (2024)

Judges|

* Chef Damodharan
* Chef Venkatesh Bhat (S1-S4)
* Madhampatty Rangaraj (S5)

Host|

* Rakshan (S1-S5)
* Aranthangi Nisha (S1)
* Manimegalai (S4-S5)

Winners|

* Vanitha Vijayakumar (S1)
* Kani Thiru (S2)
* Shrutika Arjun (S3)
* Mime Gopi (S4)

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