update June 26 The Poughkeepsie Journal has articles on Matt Stonie and the local competitors along with a gallery (via Anthony Serino)
Matt Stonie also has a gallery
update Rich Shea has the results
update #2 Full results from the MLE facebook
1) Matt Stonie 32
2) Badlands Booker 27.25
3) Allen "Shredder" Goldstein 26.5
4) "Buffalo" Jim Reeves 22
5) Yasir Salem 20
6) Anthony Serino 17.5
7) William Myers 15.25
8) Drew Altavilla 10
1W) Maria "The Incredible Sulk" 12
Maria "The Incredible Sulk" is in attendance
Eric "Badlands" Booker's appearance at K104 this morning to promote tomorrow's Nathan's qualifier in Fishkill, NY can be viewed online.
Grub Street reports that Lui Ming Kui, runner-up in the Beijing Nathan's qualifier, has not secured a visa allowing him to travel to the United States and compete in the Nathan's finals. The article also has a quote from George Shea about Takeru Kobayashi's July 4 event: "If you're not competing in person, that's like running on your treadmill while you watch the Boston Marathon, then saying that you won."
Lum Dim Sum has a gallery of Joey Chestnut's trip to China. Joey visited the Great Wall of China and the Compassion for Migrant Children (CMC)’s Pingxifu Center in addition to performing an exhibition at the Beijing Nathan's qualifier where he ate 39 hot dogs in 5 minutes.
The MLE twitter lists Matt Stonie, Eric "Badlands" Booker, "Buffalo" Jim Reeves and Allen "Shredder" Goldstein as expected entrants in Saturday's Nathan's qualifier at Splashdown Beach in Fishkill, NY.
The 2011 Nathan's finals will be televised live in the United Kingdom on ESPN America and Paul Page will return as announcer despite calling the defending champion "Joey Chitwood" on last year's broadcast.
Since the Nathan's finals started awarding cash prizes in 2007, all prizes have been claimed by Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti, Takeru Kobayashi, Tim Janus, Bob Shoudt and Sonya Thomas. Sonya Thomas will not be competing in the men's division and Takeru Kobayashi will not compete at all, which will free up a space for a first-time prize winner in the men's division. The new poll asks who you think that will be.
The Associated Press reports that Takeru Kobayashi will do an eating exhibition at a rooftop bar in Manhattan located at 230 Fifth Avenue during the 2011 Nathan's finals on July 4. update Kobayashi's blog has a press release about the event which will be open to the public. Kobayashi will eat in sync with the televised Nathan's contest.
Sportsbook.com is accepting bets on Takeru Kobayashi in the upcoming Nathan's finals even though he will almost certainly not compete. (Kobayashi has two non-IFOCE contests planned for August.) Sportbook.com also has Nathan's proposition bets on Eric "Badlands" Booker and Crazy Legs Conti who have yet to qualify for the finals.
NBC News reports that Lu Mingkui, runner-up in Saturday's Nathan's qualifier in Beijing with a total of 13 hot dogs, will compete in the Nathan's finals on July 4. The article does not state if any Chinese women will compete in the finals. update CityWeekend.com.cn has a gallery listing Ding Qian (4 hot dogs) as the sole female competitor. We will see if she competes in the women's division on July 4.
2011 Charlotte Nathan’s qualifier
update Jun 19 The 2nd through 4th place finishers in the 2010 Escondido qualifier will all compete in the 2011 Nathan’s finals.
update 5:35 abadd0nD has a video of the end of the contest.
update 4:05 Official results have been announced.
1) Brian Subich 20
2) Crazy Legs Conti 19.5
1W) Grace Lee 12.5
update 1:32 Grace Lee confirms her victory in the women’s division.
update 1:20 Chad Everett has early results: “Subich wins with 20 HDBs – Grace Lee wins the women’s title with 13”
This will Crazy Legs Conti’s third qualifier of the year so his Nathan’s finals streak will end if he does not win and the three qualifier maximum is enforced.
Brian Subich and Grace Lee are present. Micah “Wing Kong” Collins will not compete.
2011 Beijing Nathan’s qualifier results
The top 3 from today’s Nathan’s qualifier in Beijing: 1) Chris Lam 16 hot dogs 2) Lv Mingkui 13 3) Wang Ranglong 12. Joey Chestnut ate 39 hot dogs in five minutes in an exhibition. update China Daily has a gallery. The winner, Chris Lam, is from Hong Kong and a member of the “Eatcredibles” competitive eating team. update June 19 The Wall Street Journal has a blog entry and video about the contest.
The MLE twitter has a list of entrants in tomorrow's Nathan's qualifier at Concord Mills omitting Hall Hunt: "Wing Kong, Crazy Legs, Subich, Boykin, Grace Lee". (Brian Subich announced he would not compete yesterday.) The high tomorrow is expected to be 95, hopefully the contest will be held inside. update Grace Lee's podcast about the contest is available (via eatingcontest) update #2 WCNC also lists Brian Szontagh, Travis Wheeler, Vanessa Lugo and Katie Fisher as expected entrants and Micah "Wing Kong" Collins announces that he is currently lacking transportation south.
The Wall Street Journal has a blog entry about tomorrows Nathan's qualifier in Beijing, China.
Micah "Wing Kong" Collins announced that he intends to compete in Saturday's Nathan's qualifier at Concord Mills in Charlotte, NC. Grace Lee did a radio appearance this morning about that contest.
LumDimSum reports that Joey Chestnut has arrived in China where he will judge the Nathan's qualifier and attempt to eat 50 hot dogs in 5 minutes in an exhibition.
Adrian Morgan has a gallery and video of Sunday's Nathan's qualifier at the Winstar Casino in Thackerville, OK.
2011 Nathan’s wild card standings updated
With two qualifiers left, here are the current wild card standings after omitting eaters who have qualified. Bob Shoudt has talked about competing in another qualifier, which would put the wild card back in play.
| 2011 Jun 4 | 2nd | 37 | 10 min | “Notorious” Bob Shoudt | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier – men | Queens, NY |
| 2011 Jun 8 | 2nd | 27 | 10 min | Micah “Wing Kong” Collins | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier – men | Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2011 Jun 12 | 2nd | 25 | 10 min | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier – men | Hawthorne, CA |
| 2011 Jun 4 | 3rd | 24 | 10 min | Eric “Badlands” Booker | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier – men | Queens, NY |
| 2011 May 28 | 3rd | 22 | 10 min | Crazy Legs Conti | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier – men | Atlantic City, NJ |
| 2011 Jun 8 | 3rd | 22 | 10 min | “Big” Brian Subich | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier – men | Pittsburgh, PA |
Damon Wells wins Nathan’s Hawthorne (Los Angeles) qualifier
update Jun 13 Matt Stonie has a gallery
updatePart 1 | Part 2
1) Damon Wells 26.5, first Nathan’s finals
2) Matt Stonie 25
3) Crazy Legs Conti 21
4) Ben Taylor 20
5) Kevin Ross 17
6) Bryan Beard 13
1W) Christine Kitchenmaster 8.5
The contest should start at 2 pm Pacific, 5 pm eastern.
Adrian Morgan wins Thackerville Nathan’s qualifier
update June 13 KXII has an article and video.
update More results
1) Adrian Morgan 23 hot dogs, first Nathan’s finals
2) Nate Biller 17.75
3) Yasir Salem 17
1W) Katrina Klein 5
update 2:40 Adrian Morgan’s facebook page reports he won the contest with 23 hot dogs.
update 2:24 The contest has started.
The contest should start at 1 pm central, 2 pm eastern.
The Salisbury Post reports that Crazy Legs Conti, Eric "Steakbellie" Livingston and Grace Lee as expected entrants in the June 18 Nathan's qualifier in Concord, NC.
2011 Arizona Mills Nathan’s qualifier
update Jun 13 The Phoenix New Times has a gallery and report.
update Jun 12 Fox 10 and ABC 15 have articles and videos.
update 4:31 Mike Corak has the winners (the rest of the results)
men
1) Erik Denmark 29
2) Chiun Peng 21.5
3) Kobi Bauer 18
4) Ryan McKillop 13 women
1) Michelle “Cardboard Shell” 21.5 (sixth woman to break 20: Sonya, Juliet, Carlene, Stephanie Torres, Takako Akasaka)
update 4:28 Two entrants have reversed and been disqualified
update 4:21 The contest is under way.
Joey Chestnut’s 59.5 hot dogs in 12 minutes at Arizona Mills in 2007 is still the all time best qualifier result.
The contest should start at 1 pm Mountain Standard time, 4 pm eastern.
Patrick Michels has a preview of Sunday's Nathan's qualifier at the Winstar Casino in Thackerville, OK. Probably the most interesting thing about the preview are quotes from George Shea saying television plans for the women's July 4 contest have not been finalized.
MyFoxPhoenix has a video of a 30 second hot dog eating contest between Gus Beisel and Richie (last name not given) to promote tomorrow's Nathan's qualifier at Arizona Mills Mall.
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