''Cooku with Comali 5'' is the fifth season of the Tamil reality cooking TV show

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. It premiered on

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on 17 April 2024, and aired on every Saturday and Sunday at 21:30.

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returned to judged, accompanied by the new Madhampatty Rangaraj. The final episode aired on 29 September 2024. The season was won by television presenter

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, and the runner-up was actress

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Contestants (cooks)

Comalis

Guests

Pairings

Elimination history

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;

returned, but

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left and was succeeded by Madhampatty Rangaraj.

Casting

The previous year's contestans

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, 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, ewill not appear in any show produced by the box office company." On 15 June 2024, actress

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joined the show.

Release

The show started airing on

on 27 April 2024.

References

External links

* {{Cooku with Comali Cooku with Comali 2024 Tamil-language television seasons