Samayal Express
2024 Indian TV series or programme
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Samayal Express is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language cooking game show which airs on Zee Tamil and streamed on ZEE5. Over two years, Samayal Express has rolled out two seasons. The first season premiered on 15 September 2024[1] and ended on 30 March 2025. The first season is hosted by Ayesha Zeenath[2][3] and judged by Seetha (episodes 1-5),[4] Krishna McKenzie[5] and Sujitha.[6] It features Tamil dishes.
| Samayal Express | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Cooking show |
| Presented by | Ayesha Zeenath (S1) Shaalin Zoya (S2) |
| Judges | Season 1 Seetha (episodes 1-5) Krishna McKenzie Sujitha (episodes 6-29) Season 2 Sujitha |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Tamil |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | approx. 45-50 minutes per episode |
| Production company | Nandri Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | Zee Tamil |
| Release | 15 September 2024 – present |
The second season premiered on 13 July 2025 on every Sunday. Sujitha returned to host and judged, along with Shaalin Zoya.[7]
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Original Broadcast | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Aired | Last Aired | ||||
| 1 | 29 | 15 September 2024 | 30 March 2025 | Ayesha Zeenath | |
| 2 | TBA | 13 July 2025 | TBA | Shaalin Zoya | |
Season 1
The first season aired from 15 September 2024 to 30 March 2025 on every Sunday at 13:30 and ended with 29 Episodes. The show was hosted by Ayesha Zeenath and judged by Krishna McKenzie, Seetha and Sujitha.
Episodes
| Episodes | Release date | Team | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 September 2024 | Madhumitha H. Priyadharshini |
Salma Arun Preetha Reddy |
[8] |
| 2 | 22 September 2024 | Myna Nandhini Yogeswaram |
Srithika Saneesh SSR Aaryann |
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| 3 | 29 September 2024 | Farina Azad Singapore Deepan |
Shamili Sukumar Diwakar |
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| 4 | 6 October 2024 | Shobanaa Singapore Deepan |
Padine Kumar Fouziee |
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| 5 | 13 October 2024 | Robo Shankar Priyanka Robo Shankar |
Senthil Ganesh Rajalakshmi |
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| 6 | 20 October 2024 | Sendrayan Kayalvizhi |
Vidyullekha Raman Sanjay |
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Season 2
The second season of the Samayal Express show, It premiered on 13 July 2025. Sujitha has officially once again been appointed as the judge, Ayesha Zeenath was replaced by Shaalin Zoya as host.[9]
Episodes
| Episodes | Release date | Guest | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 July 2025 | Sanjeev Venkat & Preethi Sanjeev | |
| 2 | 20 July 2025 | Deepa & Shankar | |
| 3 | 27 July 2025 | Vadivukkarasi & Nalini | |
| 4 | 3 August 2025 | Darshan & Aarisha | |
| 5 | 10 August 2025 | Vignesh & Uma | |
| 6 | 17 August 2025 | Snehan & Kannika Ravi | [10] |
| 7 | 24 August 2025 | Nakkhul & Sruti Bhaskar | [11] |
| 8 | 31 August 2025 | Vichithra & Shaaji | [12] |
| 9 | 7 September 2025 | Praveena Bhagyaraj & Saranya | |
| 10 | 14 September 2025 | Myna Nandhini & Yogeswaram | |
| 11 | 21 September 2025 | Ambika & Jovika | [13] |
| 12 | 28 September 2025 | Senthil Ganesh & Rajalakshmi | |
| 13 | 5 October 2025 | Bose Venkat & Sonia | |
| 14 | 12 October 2025 | Kumaran & Deepika | |
| 15 | 19 October 2025 | Anupama & Aadhithya & Yuvina | |
| 16 | 26 October 2025 | Gayathri & Vanaja | |
| 17 | 31 October 2025 | TSK & Vaishu | |
| 18 | 7 November 2025 | Aadhithya & Anju | |
| 19 | 16 November 2025 | Grace Karunas & Rithika | |
| 20 | 23 November 2025 | Reshma & Kirthika | |
| 21 | 30 November 2025 | Indraja & Priyanka Roboshankar | |
| 22 | 14 December 2025 | Deepak & Shivaranjini | |
| 23 | 11 January 2026 | Gayathri & Yuvaraj | |
| 24 | 8 February 2026 | Dharani & Kitcha | |
| 25 | 15 February 2026 | Namitha & Veerendra | |
| 26 | 22 February 2026 | Nizhalgal Ravi & Rekha | |
| 27 | 1 March 2026 | Deena & Julie | |
| 28 | 9 March 2026 | Muthukumaran & Amma | [14] |
Production
Release
The first teaser was released on 28 August 2024, featuring Seetha with the slogan "Avanga Veedu Samayalai Parthirupinga Ivanga Veedu Samaiyalai Parthiruppinga Namma Veedu Samayalai Parkka Ready ah".[15][16] The second teaser was unveiled on 30 August 2024, featuring second judge Krishna McKenzie.[17] The first episode was telecast on Sunday, 15 September 2024.