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Full “Wedges & Wings” results
Full results from the “Wedges & Wings” contest are available after the jump:
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Eaters introduction transcript
A transcipt of the introduction of the competitors from the Krystal broadcast follows after the jump:
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Krystal Square Off IV broadcast notes
No reruns are scheduled on ESPN or ESPN2 for the Krystal Square Off finals in the next two weeks, so watch it or record it tomorrow at 2:30 pm eastern on ESPN if you are interested in seeing it.
A live bowling match precedes the Krystal finals, hopefully it will not run over.
With a 30 minute contest length, it does not appear there will be enough time for much more than introductions, the contest and a post-contest interview. From the schedule
2 p.m. – 2:40p.m. – Introduction of eaters by George Shea, Chairman of the IFOCE.
* 2:40 – 2:48 p.m. – 8 minute Krystal Square Off World Championship Final.
* 2:55 pm – Award Presentations
Liz will be counting for Pat Bertoletti, so she should appear on television.
Eating contests in “Survivor: China”
RealityTVWorld has a recap of last night’s immunity challenge in “Survivor: China” which consisted of eating contests involving Chinese foods which are generally not found in a typical Chinese restaurant in the United States:
Frosti quickly ate his 10 chicken hearts ahead of Peih-Gee, and Fei Long took a 1-0 lead. Courtney and Jaime were close as they both tried to choke down three pieces of eel — which included the heads — however Jaime was just a hair quicker opening her mouth and allowing Zhan Hu to tie the score.
Erik also won a close round against Amanda — chomping and swallowing three baby turtles and narrowly being the first to reveal an empty mouth — giving Zhan Hu a 2-1 lead. James faced Denise next and both had to eat two chicken fetuses with feathers. James tried his damndest to throw the challenge, but Denise couldn’t choke back the chicken. James put on a good show, but once he realized Denise wasn’t going to finish her dish, he solemnly ate all that was on his plate and gave Zhan Hu a 3-1 lead.
Needing only one point to win Immunity, Erik ate a 1,000-year-old egg faster than Frosti and clinched it for Zhan Hu.
Joey Chestnut on ESPN chat
Joey Chestnut is currently doing a chat session on ESPN.com which started at noon eastern.
update The chat session was made accessible only to paid subscribers of ESPN.com
“The Stomach” from “Meatballs” dies
The Saratogian reports that Peter G. Hume, a social studies teacher who played in the Canadian Football League, passed away at the age of 54 from natural causes:
He was friends with actors who got him a part in the 1979 Bill Murray comedy “Meatballs.” Hume played a character called “The Stomach” in several scenes including the famous hot-dog eating contest where he blurted his favorite line “What, no mustard?”
Another actor who competed in the “Meatballs” hot dog contest, Keith Knight, died in August from brain cancer.
Simpsons video game eating contest trailer
(From GoNintendo) A trailer of the eating contest section of the Simpsons video game can be viewed at http://www.gametrailers.com/player/26884.html
“Wedges & Wings” viewable online
“Wedges and Wings” can be viewed in its entirety on the Spike TV website. Three shorter clips are also available.
The eater profile page links from Micah Collins down do not work.
“Wings and Wedges” screen captures
Here are some screen captures from the “Wedges & Wings” contest
Wedges & Wings teleblog
A liveblog of the “Wedges & Wings” program follows after the jump
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Spike TV MLE page created
A page about tonight’s MLE Chowdown has been set up on the Spike TV website. The page has videos of the top 10 commercials and profile pages of some of the competitors who are listed as (current IFOCE ranking in parentheses):
Joey Chestnut(1), Takeru Kobayashi(2), Pat Bertoletti(3), Tim Janus(4), Rich LeFevre(8), Hall Hunt(9), Juliet Lee(10), Erik Denmark(12), Arturo Rios Jr.,(13) Allen Goldstein(14), Tim Brown(15), Micah Collins(17), Eric Livingston(21), Juris Shibayama(23), Chris Abatsas(25)
Bob Shoudt was listed in the original press release, but apparently did not compete.
More “Wedges & Wings” previews
The Naughty American has an article (contains spoilers) previewing the “Wedges & Wings” contest in which Joey Chestnut and Pat Bertoletti discuss female fans and cheating techniques.
Bertoletti claims that, while the competitions are closely monitored by the International Federation of Competitive Eating (IFOCE) to prevent this sort of thing, there are ways to get around it.
“The dishonest people will push the rules a little bit. If it’s not stated in the rules, people will do it,†he said.
While the issue of cheating with drug use is a major problem with other sports, the IFOCE does not currently conduct drug testing on competitors.
“As far as drugs that would give me an edge, I haven’t found any yet,†Chestnut says. “But I’m trying.â€
The Cleveland Free Times has a brief article about Chris “the Mad Greek” Abatsas’ participation in the wedges contest.
The Las Vegas Review Journal has pictures (captions contain spoilers) from the potato wedges contest.
Juliet Lee has a trip report.
Steakbellie reports from Chicago & Vegas
Steakbellie has posted writeups of his Chicago jalapeno contest experience and his participation in the “Wedges & Wings” contest (no spoilers)
More “Wedges & Wings” competitors
CompetitiveEatingNews.com has a short blurb about Thursday’s “Wedges & Wings” telecast with the following information about the field:
The magnificent and hotly anticipated event will showcase the eating talents of Takeru Kobayashi, Pat Bertoletti, Joey Chestnut, the Mad Greek and Eater X along with Juliet Lee, Wing Kong and the mysterious El Toro among others
Minimal online promotion for “Wedges & Wings”
With three days until airtime, there is no mention of the “Wedges & Wings” program on any of the IFOCE/MLE websites. The special does not appear on the list of Spike TV programs either. In the Spike TV schedule grid, there is no program description whatsoever. A screen capture of the grid is available after the jump.
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BeautifulBrian.com on Spike TV field
BeautifulBrian.com has a page on why he thinks that certain eaters were chosen or passed over for Spike TV’s “Wedges & Wings” contest along with a commentary on the selection process.
Krystal Square Off IV broadcast information
From zap2it.com
ESPN 2007 World Hamburger Eating Championship
Sun, Oct 28, 2:30 PM | Run Time: 30 min.
Genre: Sports
Live From Chattanooga, Tenn.
There will probably be some reruns.
“Wedges & Wings” news video on youtube
One of the KTNV news clips on the “Wedges & Wings” contests can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mH7Av6uC838 (spoilers in video) El Toro is one of the competitors in the potato wedge contest. I could not recognize another another one of the competitors in that video, who is shown in the capture above.
KTNV “Wedges & Wings” videos
KTNV has four videos from the “Wedges & Wings” contest. Joey Chestnut gives a wing eating lesson while wearing a “Heart Attack Grill” shirt. Joey also says that he thinks Kobayashi was faking “jawthritis”. Pat Bertoletti estimates his stomach capacity at 25 pounds.
The third & fourth Spike TV specials will be broadcast over the next two months. Today’s foods are ham and hard boiled eggs.
The article containing the video links gives the result of Tuesday’s contest.
Conti / Janus wing tutorial
On a Fox5Vegas video, Crazy Legs Conti showed wing eating techniques while Tim “Eater X” Janus provided commentary. Conti will be an announcer on the “Wedges & Wings” program.
“Wedges & Wings” non-spoilers
Steakbellie has a post-contest report without results. He will appear on the next two programs today and tomorrow. I am assuming they will be recorded at Fremont Street in the evening and be open to the public, but I have not been able to find any official information.
Megamunch has a blog entry about his thoughts on the selection process. (No results in entry, but winner is mentioned in the comments)
The event is somewhat like English soccer. There are two divisions and the top finishers in the lower division move up, while the bottom dwellers in the higher division move down.
The air times for the program recorded yesterday are
No Episode Title Competitive eaters go against the clock to see who can eat the most Buffalo Wings and potato wedges.
SPIKETV Thu 10/18 11:00 PM
SPIKETV Sat 10/20 7:00 PM
The times for the next two shows have not been announced.
“Wedges & Wings” on Yahoo front page (spoilers)
(From The Sicilian & Philly guy) The home page of yahoo currently has the winner of the “Wedges & Wings” contest. A screen capture (containing results) is available after the jump.
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“Wedges & Wings” results (spoilers)
Results of tonight’s “Wedges & Wings” contest obtained from an AP article are available after the jump.
If you do post a comment containing results, please do not mention any result in the first six words of the comment so it will not appear in the sidebar.
Steakbellie in Las Vegas
Steakbellie will compete in the “Wedges & Wings” contest in Las Vegas tonight. He verifies that Kobayashi is present. Steakbellie reports that three separate TV specials will be recorded at the same session, which will fulfill the Spike TV contract.
I think this leaves 6 unknown slots in the contest.
“Wedges and Wings” spectator information
Las Vegas Advisor has information about tomorrow’s “Wedges and Wings” contest.
Kobayashi’s blog reports that he got a new hairstyle and is not sure when he will be able to update his blog, so he will probably attend.
STBW says that October will be a “very very light month” CE-wise for Sonya, so she will probably not attend.
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