Cherish Brown appeared on WFFT to discuss competing in the Nathan's Famous finals for the third year in a row. June 25, 2025 at 8:19 am by
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June 23, 2025 at 8:50 pm by
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MajorLeagueEating.com has a page about the 2025 Nathan’s finals listing the fields. Ricardo Corbucci from Brazil will be the only international bye.
Men
Champion byes: Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti
Qualifier winners
Wild Cards
International bye: Ricardo Corbucci (Brazil)
Women
Champion byes: Miki Sudo, Michelle Lesco
Qualifier Winners
Wild Cards
The page says that both the men’s and women’s contests will be televised live on ESPN News and also streamed on ESPN3. This contradicts ESPN’s schedule page which says the men’s competiton will be live on ESPN2.
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June 22, 2025 at 5:56 pm by
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With all the Nathan’s qualifiers for 2025 complete, here is the current field:
Champion Byes:
Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti
Miki Sudo, Michelle Lesco
Qualifier winners:
There have been three or four wild card entrants the past two years, but the number has yet to be officially announced. Here are the wild card leaders:
Corbucci from Brazil is currently in the USA and practicing for the contest, so he will apparently receive an international bye. Presumably there will be other international byes.
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June 21, 2025 at 5:08 pm by
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Fox 43 has a news video
Local21News has a gallery
Official results
George Chiger (26.75) and Camille O’Brien won today’s Nathan’s qualifier at Hershey Park.
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James Webb announced that he will compete in the Nathan's qualifier at the Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle in Washington, DC on Saturday. June 19, 2025 at 7:11 pm by
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June 16, 2025 at 12:00 pm by
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update TMZ has an interview with Joey. He hopes to hit 80 hot dogs.
Joey Chestnut announced that he will be returning to Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest after missing the 2024 competition due to a sponsorship dispute. With two qualifiers remaining on Saturday, this makes the current field for the 2025 contest:
Champion Byes:
Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti
Miki Sudo, Michelle Lesco
Qualifier Winners
There have been three or four wild card entrants the past two years, but the number has yet to be officially announced. Here are the wild card leaders:
Non American competitors have also received international byes the previous two years.
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June 14, 2025 at 4:55 pm by
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update Derek Hendrickson has a video
Official results This is probably the first Nathan’s qualifier with more female competitors than males.
facebook live video
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TMZ reports that Joey Chestnut is negotiating a return to Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest next month. According to the article, Joey's relationship with Impossible Foods is no longer impeding his return. It is possible the deal has been terminated; Joey Chestnut has not made any videos or appearances for the plant-based meat company in 2025. June 10, 2025 at 10:09 pm by
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June 7, 2025 at 8:49 am by
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The ESPN schedule for July 4 is out. The men’s Nathan’s contest will be televised live on ESPN2 at noon. The women’s contest is not listed, but will probably be streaming only since ESPN2 will be showing First Take from 10am to noon and ESPN will broadcast Wimbledon.
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June 5, 2025 at 6:14 pm by
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update Max Stanford has a video
Official results
Dom Mandato is doing a live video of tonight’s Nathan’s qualifier at Rib N Rock in Parma, OH
Nick Wehry appeared on Fox 8 New Day Cleveland to promote the contest.
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Nick Wehry announced that he expects to compete in Thursday night's Nathan's qualifier at Rib N Rock in Parma, OH along with Max Stanford Darrien Thomas, Dominic Mandato and Cherish Brown. June 4, 2025 at 12:28 am by
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On the Owls Nest BBQ Show, Joey Chestnut says he has yet to reach an agreement about competing in Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest this year. May 14, 2025 at 12:38 am by
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March 28, 2025 at 9:59 am by
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Registration is now open for 6 Nathan’s qualifiers:
May 10 Bristol, CT
June 5 Parma, OH
June 7 Shawnee, KS
June 14 Pleasanton, CA
June 21 Hershey Park, PA
June 21 Washington, DC
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The Financial Times reports that Nathan's Famous has begun preliminary discussions about selling the company and taking it off stock market listings. The article says that selling licensed hot dogs manufactured by Smithfield Foods at supermarkets and other stores is the largest component of Nathan's revenues. February 14, 2025 at 1:38 am by
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The ESPN Throwback youtube channel has uploaded a video of the 5 hot dog overtime eat-off session between Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi at the 2008 Nathan's Famous finals. January 6, 2025 at 1:00 am by
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Tampa resident Miki Sudo, billed as an Upper East Side native, is included in a New York Post list of New Yorkers who broke a Guinness record in 2024. Her total of 51.5 hot dogs on July 4 was the all time best for a woman in Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest. January 5, 2025 at 12:54 am by
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Cheating allegations against Nick Wehry in Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest made the New York Post's list of the weirdest and wackiest stories of 2024. January 3, 2025 at 12:38 am by
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PR News Online has an interview with Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest co-founder Mortimer Matz, who turned 100 in July. October 24, 2024 at 5:20 pm by
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There was a Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest in Egypt on August 16. It does not appear to have been a qualifier for the 2025 Coney Island contest; the prize was a trip to Dubai August 19, 2024 at 12:23 am by
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Caesar's Palace is refunding all Nathan's hot dog eating bets that were made in states where the competition had not been approved by regulators. July 24, 2024 at 12:14 am by
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Today is the 100th birthday of Mortimer Matz, co-founder of the
Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest in 1972 with Max Rosey. A New York Senate Resolution celebrates his centennial. In a 2010 interview for the New York Times, Matz discusses the creation of the competition and the fabrication of its 1916 origin story. Mortimer Matz still works in public relations. blog entry from May, he discussed how he created a fake Egyptian artifact with hieroglyphics to promote a radio station July 23, 2024 at 11:44 pm by
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Matt Thomas reported that Ken Hoffman, a longtime judge at the Nathan's Finals and columnist for the Houston Chronicle and Culture Map, suddenly passed away this weekend. His last article about competitive eating was about Mary Bowers' quest to find her birth parents. July 15, 2024 at 12:51 am by
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USA Today reports that the audience for Nathan's hot dog eating contest on ESPN2 fell to 831,000 after attaining about a million viewers the previous two years. The decline is attributed to the absence of Joey Chestnut.
July 13, 2024 at 2:44 am by
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