SindoNews.com reports that Fredy Jayadi passed away after choking in an eating contest held at a Kentucky Fried Chicken in Jakarta, Indonesia. The competition was a qualifier for a nationwide contest that would have crowned a champion on June 3. update March 12 The grand prize for the contest was to have been Rp 5 billion ($385,000), by far the largest contest payout I have seen. The contest website (2nd page in English) announces the competition has been terminated.

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  1. Sean Nichols said (Registered October 14, 2013)

    March 11, 2016 @ 11:04 pm

    Is this the highest paying contest in the world? 1st place for finals is worth 5,000,000,000 RP which is around roughly 370k, 2nd place is 2,500,000,000 RP which is 185k, 3rd place is 1,000,000,000 RP which is around 74k for 3rd. Estimates…

    Qualifiers paid 15,000,000 RP which is $1,111
    2nd place is 10,000,000 RP which is $740
    3rd place is 5,000,000 RP which is $370

    All of these are estimates, correct me if im wrong?
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  2. Anonymous said

    March 12, 2016 @ 2:55 pm

    Move the decimal point three spaces to the left and you’ll be closer to reality. Your Google translator game is weak, son.

  3. Sean Nichols said (Registered October 14, 2013)

    March 12, 2016 @ 11:56 pm

    its billion, not million, so the decimal places are right but that was a rough estimate, since the RP was lower per dollar it was under 13k not 13.5k where i calculated it.

  4. Anonymous said

    March 13, 2016 @ 2:38 pm

    What would be the biggest cash or prize payouts documented to date? Just the prize, not things like extras for special eaters like flight, hotel, etc?

  5. Anonymous said

    March 14, 2016 @ 10:42 am

    Contest was not done by KFC. It was done by thrid party.

  6. anonymous said

    March 14, 2016 @ 11:58 am

    Isn’t it ironic that big name sponsors such as white castle Burger King Mcdonalds Taco Bell etc want nothing to do with competitive eating contests which is why you are left with stuff like slugburgers made from horse meat. MLE had a goldmine with Krystals but blew that one as usual

  7. Irony said

    March 14, 2016 @ 1:51 pm

    Isn’t it ironic that you don’t know how to use the word irony?

  8. anonymous said

    March 14, 2016 @ 5:25 pm

    Shutup ass kisser

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