Nathan’s Hot Dog Contest category

Max Suzuki, Michelle Lesco and Rich LeFevre are expected to compete in Saturday's Nathan's qualifier at the NYNY Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

2019 Miami Marlins qualifier

Official results. This might be the first time women have taken 3 of the top 5 overall places in a Nathan’s qualifier.

1st 27.25 Pablo Martinez
2nd 26 Brett Healey
3rd 8 Brian Roselar
4th 7.75 Mike Anderson
5th 7 Jason Ruppert
6th 5 Richard Rusak
1st 11.5 Kelly Wong
2nd 10.5 Doris Garcia
3rd 8.5 Tracie Dickerson
4th 4 Brittany Broder

Pablo Martinez, Brett Healey, Jay Ruppert and Tracie Tiburon are expected to compete.

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Adrian Morgan and Brian Dudzinski are expected to compete in the Nathan's qualifier at Wild Adventures in Valdosta, GA on May 11.
Geoff Esper, George Chiger, Eric "Badlands" Booker and Larell Marie Mele are expected to attend the Nathan's qualifier held before the May 9 Long Island Ducks game in Central Islip, NY.

2019 Fort Myers Nathan’s qualifier

News-Press.com has a gallery and video

Joni Mederios has an instagram gallery.

Winners
1) Nick Wehry 34
1W) Mary Bowers 10.25

FortMyersBeachTalk.com has an interview with Mary Bowers.

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Nick Wehry, Mary Bowers and 12 Floridians are expected to compete in Saturday's Nathan's qualifier in Cape Coral, FL.
Plans were submitted for a Nathan's Famous in Bournemouth, England. Another location for the chain has been proposed in Southampton.
A Nathan's qualifier at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk in Santa Cruz, CA on June 26 has been added to the 2018-19 circuit. Registration opens March 15.

2019 San Antonio Nathan’s qualifier

update MySanAntonio.com has a gallery

Results from Fox San Antonio video
1 Juan Neave 27
2 Nate Biller 16.5

1W Kathryn Tesch 9.5

Juan Neave, Nate Biller, Alex Perez and Kathryn Tesch are expected to compete. Kassandra Zapata will apparently terminate her streak of San Antonio area qualifiers at three.

Previous San Antonio area qualifier winners

2018 Apr 14 1st 24 10 min Juan “Hungry Saiyan” Neave Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men Poteet, TX
2018 Apr 14 1st 10 10 min Kassandra Zapata Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – women Poteet, TX
2017 Mar 18 1st 22.5 10 min Juan “Hungry Saiyan” Neave Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating qualifier – men San Antonio, TX
2017 Mar 18 1st 11 10 min Kassandra Zapata Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating qualifier – women San Antonio, TX
2016 Mar 19 1st 22 10 min Crazy Legs Conti Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating qualifier – men San Antonio, TX
2016 Mar 19 1st 11 10 min Kassandra Zapata Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating qualifier – women San Antonio, TX

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A Washington, DC qualifier on June 22 has been added to the 2019 Nathan's circuit.

Registration open for 2019 Nathan’s qualifiers

Registration opened today for all 2019 Nathan’s Famous qualifiers: update A Miami Marlins qualifier on April 20 has been added.

Feb 23,San Antonio, TX
Apr 13 Cape Coral, FL
Apr 20 Miami, FL
Apr 27 Las Vegas, NV
May 9 Central Islip, NY
May 11 Valdosta, GA
May 11 Denver, CO
May 17 Cincinnati, OH
Jun 1 St. Louis, MO
Jun 2 Lancaster, PA
Jun 8 Syracuse, NY
Jun 9 Norfolk, VA
Jue 16 Queens, VA

If no competitions are added, there will be 13 qualifiers on the 2018-19 circuit, down from 19 in 2017-18.

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The 2019 MLB schedule has been released and Nathan's Famous will sponsor the cap giveaway on June 16, so the traditional Father's Day qualifier will probably take place on that date.
Darron Breeden spliced footage of Wayne Algenio competing in the 2017 Mets Nathan's qualifier with the broadcast of the 2018 finals to make it appear he was competing in that event.
An Original Nathan's restaurant has been announced for Bournemouth on the English south coast. Could this result in the first UK Nathan's qualifier since 2005?
Howard Lorber, executive chairman of Nathan's Famous, will host a fundraiser for Donald Trump's 2020 reelection campaign later this week. The president is expected to appear at Lorber's home in Southampton, NY on Friday.
Tapinto.net has an article about Rene Rovtar and her daugher Kristina competing in the women's Nathan's finals.
On last night's Jimmy Kimmel Live, Adam Carolla criticized Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest and proposed that every 10th hot dog in the contest should be a chili cheese frankfurter which had to be eaten conventionally.
YourPHX.com has an interview with Michelle "Cardboard Shell" Lesco about her runner-up finish in the women's Nathan's famous finals.
The new Nathan's Famous in Cape Coral, FL expects to hold a qualifier in March 2019.
A yesterday's MLB All Star Game Fanfest in Washington, DC, the team representing the American League consisting of Joey Chestnut, Miki Sudo, Geoff Esper and Kevin Millar ate more Nathan's Famous hot dogs than the National League team composed of Matt Stonie, Carmen Cincotti, Michelle Lesco and Cliff Floyd. (video)
Ken Hoffman's column about judging the 2018 Nathan's finals closes with a paragraph about Sony "The Black Widow" Thomas, who was reportedly caught reversing into her hands by an unnamed MLE official and disqualified. (Did anyone catch this? I haven't seen any pictures or video of it).
Registration is open for the first Nathan's qualifier of the 2018-19 circuit at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines on August 11.
The broadcast of the Nathan's Finals on ESPN2 was the highest rated cable program for July 4 despite a ratings decline from .45 in 2017 to .43 this year.
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