Sonya Thomas wins Rhythm City catfish
update #2 A contest video and a gallery from Adrian Morgan are available
update QCTimes has an article
Top 4 from twitter.com/eplastino:
1) Sonya Thomas 6.75 lbs.
2) Tim “Eater X” Janus 6.5
3) Tim “Gravy” Brown 5
4) Adrian Morgan 4.25
5T) “Nasty” Nate Biller 4
5T) Joe Larue 4
5T) Crazy Legs Conti 4
8) Benjamin Taylor
9) Eric “Badlands” Booker 2.75
10) Matt Spahr 1.75
11) David Grimes 1
updated with full results Adrian Morgan came in fourth
The Rhythm City Casino website has a contest page listing
Sonya Thomas, Tim Janus, Tim Brown, Crazy Legs Conti, Nate Biller and Benjamin Taylor as expected entrants. Badlands Booker, Joe La Rue and Adrian Morgan also appear in eplastino’s tweetphoto page.
WQAD has a video of an interview Tim Janus did yesterday
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Anonymous said
March 20, 2010 @ 3:58 pm
Excellent interview by Tim. He was evidently the big favorite.
anonymous said
March 20, 2010 @ 4:03 pm
There comes a time when one must consider retirement. Badlands Booker and maybe Crazy Legs Conti should start weighing options
anonymous said
March 20, 2010 @ 4:12 pm
Unlike other boring eaters that ramble on constantly about themselves, Eater X never talks over anyone waiting for the commentator to finish before he says his piece. It’s called manners either you have it or you dont/ I hate when announcers say look at you your so thin where do you put all that food. I cannot tell you how many times i have heard that same redundant line over and over again in the last 7or 8 yrs
nunonabun2 said (Registered November 10, 2009)
March 20, 2010 @ 4:19 pm
Retirement? Maybe if they did not make Nathans and Krystal finals year after year but these guys do what they do for the love of it man. Badlands and Legs are what people should strive to be, least of all eaters. Scholars, saints, and eaters till the day they die.
anonymous said
March 20, 2010 @ 4:25 pm
Pleeeze save the violins for another occasion
Ray said
March 21, 2010 @ 8:34 am
Very nice Sonya and Tim.
SPBBBBMBBB said
March 21, 2010 @ 9:06 am
Adrian Morgan is going to be the next IFOCE rookie of the year…he keeps getting overlooked, but this dude is the real deal. He was also in our PB & B eating contest in Biloxi, and beat a bunch of ranked eaters there…this Tiger’s got a bite!
CAPTAIN SIG said
March 21, 2010 @ 11:12 am
I believe Sonya was seen eating the bones and that is how she won. Afterwards Mr Janus was seen complaining to the Rhythm City officials, demanding the prize money be split so all competitors got a fair compensation.
anonymous said
March 21, 2010 @ 6:08 pm
I heard the same. Janus was complaining about Sonya making a huge mess . There was also a substancial amt of debris from the other competitors. Another tainted victory for Ms Thomas
Anonymous said
March 21, 2010 @ 6:24 pm
Maybe there should have been overtime?
Anonymous said
March 21, 2010 @ 8:17 pm
I’m pretty sure everybody was happy.
Mega Munch said
March 22, 2010 @ 10:51 am
She should have been PENALIZED for eating the bones? No way… she should be given extra credit for eating the bones! Besides, how much weight does fish bones add to the total? Probably not much. She would have been better off eating some meat from a few more fish than trying to choke down some bones. If anything, the bones slowed her down, so there’s no reason to complain that she ate them.
As for Badlands and Crazy Legs retiring, let’s not forget that this is competitive eating. They’re not playing first base and center field for the Yankees. As long as they want to compete and are having fun and entertaining fans (they’re two of the best in that area), they should keep on eating.
Nothing new here said
March 22, 2010 @ 12:00 pm
Same whining he does at every contest that he doesn’t win – this isn’t anything new. Everyone eats messy except him.
Anonymous said
March 22, 2010 @ 1:09 pm
FIRST he skips BEN at the big corned beef contest, then he COMPLAINS about losing to SONYA. At least it is more entertaining listening to his excuses then when he was on that one video clip being interviewed.
Anonymous said
March 22, 2010 @ 1:19 pm
nobody whined, retard
Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)
March 22, 2010 @ 1:56 pm
Here’s a novel idea (except Ray was first): Congratulations to both Tim and Sonya.
I’ve a sneaky suspicion no one complained about anything. The anonymous posters, to include that Captain Sig person, just want to make trouble. As a matter of fact, I read that Tim told the media that Sonya won “fair and square.” I think Tim’s probably one of the classier guys in CE. I don’t think he’d ever complain unless he was damn well justified!
I also read on Sonya’s site that she considered herself lucky to win, because the contest was really close.
I strongly doubt there were many, if any, bones getting in the way; otherwise, how can any eater speedeat fish with that on his mind?
And to say anyone should “retire,” because they had a less than stellar day is ludicrous, especially since they’ve been to the Nathan’s Finals at least a half dozen times each. Even Nolan Ryan got hit hard and left the game on many occasions during his HOF-level career.
… Crapola! …
Anonymous said
March 22, 2010 @ 3:23 pm
Unfortunately I am quickly reminded why I don’t frequent this site anymore. Too many haters. I bet you are the same morons who go home and kick your dog if you have a bad day. One word………LOSERS!
Get lives you haters.
Congrats to Sonya. If there was excessive debris the “judges” should have addressed it. No matter what Tim is still a class guy in my book.