# Cooku with Comali season 5

Cooku with Comali 5 is the fifth season of the Tamil reality cooking TV show Cooku with Comali. It premiered on Star Vijay on 17 April 2024, and aired on every Saturday and Sunday at 21:30. Chef Damu returned to judged, accompanied by the new Madhampatty Rangaraj. The final episode aired on 29 September 2024. The season was won by television presenter Priyanka Deshpande, and the runner-up was actress Sujitha.

## 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 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | Eliminated |
| 4 | Pooja Venkat | Episode 43 | Episode 46 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | Finalist |
| 5 | Shaalin Zoya | Episode 1 | Episode 28 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | Eliminated |
| 5 | Shaalin Zoya | Episode 29 (Guest) | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| 5 | Shaalin Zoya | Episode 43 | Episode 46 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | Finalist |
| 6 | VTV Ganesh | Episode 1 | Episode 40 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | Eliminated |
| 6 | VTV Ganesh | Episode 43 | Episode 46 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | Finalist |
| 7 | Akshay Kamal | Episode 1 | Episode 42 | 4 | — | 3 | 3 | 2 | Eliminated |
| 7 | Akshay Kamal | Episode 43 | Episode 45 | 4 | — | 3 | 3 | 2 | Eliminated |
| 8 | Vasanth Vasi | Episode 1 | Episode 18 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | Eliminated |
| 8 | Vasanth Vasi | Episode 43 | Episode 45 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | Eliminated |
| 9 | Dhivya Duraisamy | Episode 1 | Episode 40 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 3 | Eliminated |
| 10 | Srikanth Deva | Episode 1 | Episode 8 | 1 | — | — | — | — | Eliminated |

## Comparison

| 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 | 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 | 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 | Week 3 | Week 3, 18 | Guest Comali |
| 11 | Aranthangi Nisha | Week 8 | Week 8, 13 | Guest Comali |
| 12 | Azhar | Week 11 | Week 11 | Guest Comali |
| 13 | Robo Shankar | Week 10 | Week 10 | Guest Comali |
| 14 | Farina Azad | Week 3 | Week 3, 4, 6, 7, 9 | Guest Comali |
| 15 | Shabi Shabnam | 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 |
| 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, Natty 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 |
| 16 | 31 & 32 | Prashanth, Priya Anand |
| 18 | 35 | Mari Selvaraj, Dhivya Duraisamy |
| 18 | 35 & 36 | VJ Vishal, Vanitha Vijayakumar, Sivaangi Krishnakumar, Baba Bhaskar, Shakeela Begum |
| 19 | 37 | Yogi |
| 19 | 38 | Nani, Priyanka Mohan |
| 21 | 41 | Harish Kalyan, Sanjana Krishnamoorthy, Swasika, Sean Roldan |
| 21 | 41 & 42 | Shobanaa Uthaman, Sharanya Turadi Sundarraj, Navin Kumar, Vinusha Devi |
| 22 | 43 & 44 | Hiphop Tamizha (Adhi), Anagha Maruthora |
| 22 | 44 | Shaam, Abhirami Gopikumar, Avantika Mishra, Pugazh |
| 22 | 45 | Madhampatty Rangaraj, Latha R.Maniyarasu |
| 23 | 46 | Radha |
| 23 | 46 | 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) | Eliminated (Episode 32) | Eliminated (Episode 32) | Eliminated (Episode 32) | 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) | Eliminated (Episode 28) | Eliminated (Episode 28) | Eliminated (Episode 28) | Eliminated (Episode 28) | Eliminated (Episode 28) | 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 | 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) | Eliminated (Episode 18) | Eliminated (Episode 18) | Eliminated (Episode 18) | Eliminated (Episode 18) | Eliminated (Episode 18) | Eliminated (Episode 18) | Eliminated (Episode 18) | Eliminated (Episode 18) | Eliminated (Episode 18) | Eliminated (Episode 18) | Eliminated (Episode 18) | Thangadurai | Eliminated (Episode 45) |
| Dhivya | Ramar | Kuraishi | Pugazh/Kemy | Thangadurai | Anshita | Sunitha | Sarath | Kuraishi | Sunitha | Shankar | Ramar | Anshita | Sunitha | Kuraishi | Sarath | Kuraishi | Sarath | Sarath | Not Participated | Thangadurai | Eliminated (Episode 40) | Eliminated (Episode 40) | Eliminated (Episode 40) |
| Srikanth | Sunitha | Anshita | Thangadurai | Sunitha | Eliminated (Episode 8) | Eliminated (Episode 8) | Eliminated (Episode 8) | Eliminated (Episode 8) | Eliminated (Episode 8) | Eliminated (Episode 8) | Eliminated (Episode 8) | Eliminated (Episode 8) | Eliminated (Episode 8) | Eliminated (Episode 8) | Eliminated (Episode 8) | Eliminated (Episode 8) | Eliminated (Episode 8) | Eliminated (Episode 8) | Eliminated (Episode 8) | Eliminated (Episode 8) | Eliminated (Episode 8) | Eliminated (Episode 8) | Eliminated (Episode 8) |

## Elimination history

| 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 | Week 23 Grand Finale | Week 23 Grand Finale |
| Chef of the week | Sujitha | 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 | Irfan | Sujitha | Pooja, Shaalin & Ganesh | Priyanka | Priyanka | Priyanka |
| Advantage Winner | NA | Sujitha & Priyanka | Akshay | Irfan | None | Priyanka | Ganesh | Sujitha | Sujitha | Priyanka | Pooja | Pooja | Akshay | Irfan | Sujitha | Priyanka | Irfan | Akshay | Sujitha | Sujitha | Irfan | Vasanth | NA | NA | NA |
| Immunity Winner | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | Sujitha | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
| Priyanka | Not Eligible | Advantage Winner | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | 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 | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | 2nd Finalist | Winner | Winner | Winner |
| Sujitha | Chef of the week | Advantage Winner | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Chef of the week | Advantage Winner Chef of the week | Advantage Winner Chef of the week | Chef of the week | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Advantage Winner | Not Eligible | Chef of the week Immunity Winner | Not Participated | Advantage Winner | Advantage Winner | Chef of the week | 1st Finalist | Runner-up | Runner-up | Runner-up |
| Irfan | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Advantage Winner | Chef of the week | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Chef of the week | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Advantage Winner | Not participated Danger Zone | Faced Elimination Round | Advantage Winner | Danger Zone | Chef of the week | Chef of the week | Advantage Winner | 3rd Finalist | Finalist | Finalist | Finalist |
| Pooja | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Danger Zone | Danger Zone | Danger Zone | Faced Elimination Round | Chef of the week | Advantage winner Chef of the week | Advantage Winner | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Danger Zone Faced Elimination Round | Eliminated (Episode 32) | Eliminated (Episode 32) | Eliminated (Episode 32) | Eliminated (Episode 32) | Eliminated (Episode 32) | Wildcard round Chef of the week 4th Finalist | Finalist | Finalist | Finalist |
| Shaalin | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Danger Zone | Faced Elimination Round | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Chef of the week | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Danger Zone | Faced Elimination Round | Eliminated (Episode 28) | Eliminated (Episode 28) | Eliminated (Episode 28) | Eliminated (Episode 28) | Eliminated (Episode 28) | Eliminated (Episode 28) | Eliminated (Episode 28) | Wildcard round Chef of the week 5th Finalist | Finalist | Finalist | Finalist |
| Ganesh | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Advantage Winner | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Chef of the week | Danger Zone | Danger Zone | Danger Zone | Faced Elimination Round | Chef of the week | Not Eligible | Danger Zone | Danger Zone | Danger Zone | Danger Zone Faced Elimination Round | Eliminated (Episode 40) | Wildcard round Chef of the week 6th Finalist | Finalist | Finalist | Finalist |
| Akshay | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Advantage Winner | Chef of the week | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | 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 | Advantage Winner Danger Zone | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Eliminated (Episode 42) | Wildcard round | Eliminated (Episode 45) | Eliminated (Episode 45) | Eliminated (Episode 45) |
| Vasanth | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Chef of the week | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Danger Zone | Danger Zone | Faced Elimination Round | Chef of the week | Eliminated (Episode 18) | Eliminated (Episode 18) | Eliminated (Episode 18) | Eliminated (Episode 18) | Eliminated (Episode 18) | Eliminated (Episode 18) | Eliminated (Episode 18) | Eliminated (Episode 18) | Eliminated (Episode 18) | Eliminated (Episode 18) | Eliminated (Episode 18) | Wildcard round | Eliminated (Episode 45) | Eliminated (Episode 45) | Eliminated (Episode 45) |
| Dhivya | Not Eligible | Chef of the week | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Chef of the week | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Chef of the week | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Not Participated Danger Zone | Danger Zone Faced Elimination Round | Eliminated (Episode 40) | Eliminated (Episode 40) | Eliminated (Episode 40) | Eliminated (Episode 40) | Eliminated (Episode 40) |
| Srikanth | Not Eligible | Not Eligible | Danger Zone | Faced Elimination Round | Eliminated (Episode 8) | Eliminated (Episode 8) | Eliminated (Episode 8) | Eliminated (Episode 8) | Eliminated (Episode 8) | Eliminated (Episode 8) | Eliminated (Episode 8) | Eliminated (Episode 8) | Eliminated (Episode 8) | Eliminated (Episode 8) | Eliminated (Episode 8) | Eliminated (Episode 8) | Eliminated (Episode 8) | Eliminated (Episode 8) | Eliminated (Episode 8) | Eliminated (Episode 8) | Eliminated (Episode 8) | Eliminated (Episode 8) | Eliminated (Episode 8) | Eliminated (Episode 8) | Eliminated (Episode 8) |
| Re-Entered/ Wildcard Round | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | Vasanth, Shaalin, Pooja, Ganesh & Akshay | None | None | None |
| Danger Zone | None | None | Shaalin & Srikanth | None | None | Pooja | Pooja & Vasanth | Pooja, Vasanth & Akshay | None | None | Ganesh | Ganesh & Akshay | Ganesh, Akshay & Shaalin | None | Akshay & Irfan | Akshay, Irfan & Pooja | Ganesh | Ganesh, Irfan & Akshay | Ganesh, Dhivya | Ganesh, Dhivya | None | None | None | None | None |
| Faced Elimination Round | None | None | None | Shaalin, Srikanth | None | None | None | None | Pooja, Vasanth, Akshay | None | None | None | None | Ganesh, Akshay, Shaalin | None | Akshay, Irfan, Pooja | None | None | None | Ganesh, Dhivya | None | None | Priyanka, Ganesh, Irfan, Pooja, Shaalin, Sujitha | Priyanka, Ganesh, Irfan, Pooja, Shaalin, Sujitha | Priyanka, Ganesh, Irfan, Pooja, Shaalin, Sujitha |
| Eliminated | None | None | None | Srikanth | None | None | None | None | Vasanth | None | None | None | None | Shaalin | None | Pooja | None | None | None | Dhivya & Ganesh | Akshay | Vasanth & Akshay | Shaalin | Ganesh | Irfan |
| Eliminated | None | None | None | Srikanth | None | None | None | None | Vasanth | None | None | None | None | Shaalin | None | Pooja | None | None | None | Dhivya & Ganesh | Akshay | Vasanth & Akshay | Pooja | Sujitha | Sujitha |
| Priyanka |||

## Production
### Development

While the show had previously been produced by Media Masons, production on the fifth season was taken over by Box Office Studio. The format largely went unchanged, though there were changes in the judging panel; Chef Damu returned, but Venkatesh Bhat left and was succeeded by Madhampatty Rangaraj.

### Casting

The previous year's contestans Pugazh, Sunitha Gogoi, Mohamed Kuraishi, Kpy Sarath returned to compete in the show; they were joined by newcomers Ramar, Shabishabnam, Nanjil Vijayan, Anshita Akbarsha and Vyishali Kemkar.
Contestant and comedian Nanjil Vijayan quit the show after the first week, later announcing on his social media that he had " problem with the channel, and after this, [he] will not appear in any show produced by the box office company." On 15 June 2024, actress Aranthangi Nisha joined the show.

### Release

The show started airing on Star Vijay on 27 April 2024.