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Takeru Kobayashi will face off against a Taiwanese competitive eater tomorrow on Japanese television. The stage is labeled "Battle of the Big Eaters" so he might compete on Team Japan in Battle of the Big Eaters 4 later this year.
Tim Janus' appearance on Friday night's episode of the Eric Andre Show on Adult Swim can be viewed online.
Tim "Eater X" Janus is expected to appear on the Eric Andre Show on Adult Swim at midnight tonight.
John "Step Daddy J" Jugovic announces he won the qualifier to determine the Canadian team for Battle of the Big Eaters 4 in Richmond, BC.
The Onion's AV Club has an interview with Adam Richman about his new show Secret Eats With Adam Richman. He says that Man V Food is the highest rated show in the history of the Travel Channel.
Multichannel.com reports that the Food Network will produce 6 episodes of Ginormous Food, a program about restaurants' oversized meals starring comedian Josh Denny. The pilot episode featuring San Antonio eateries was televised on July 22.
Bradzrt has uploaded what appears to be the entire series of Man vs. Food (in low quality) to youtube.
A video of the full ESPN broadcast of the 2016 Nathan's finals is available on youtube.
MuscleFood.com has an interview with Kate Ovens. She is currently in Los Angeles and might make an appearance on Comedy Central.
The appearance of Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran and Marc "Bottomless" Pitt can be viewed online.
A burger eating contest will be held Thursday at the Coney Island location of Wahlburgers. The competition will be recorded for an upcoming episode of "Wahlburgers" and Donnie Wahlberg will serve as judge.
Daily Caller reports that David Gregory of CNN, was "obnoxious" in pushing closer to the stage to take a picture of his children competing in a pie eating contest held on Nantucket on July 4.
NBCNewYork reports that Louis Barbati, owner of the pizzeria L&B Spumoni Gardens was murdered by gunshot yesterday. The restaurant was featured on the Brooklyn episode of Man v Food. update The Daily Beast has more on the murder
Ramsey Hilton coaches the cast of CMT's The Dude Perfect Show on how to finish the 7 pound El Hefe burger challenge at Kenny's Burger Joint in Dallas. (via Randy Santel).
Someone billed as a competitive eater attempted to eat a dog food sandwich soaked in beef bile on yesterday's episode of America's Got Talent and was buzzed off the stage promptly. I have not been able to find a picture of the eater or his name. update Naader Reda was the eater.
The July 4 schedule for all ESPN channels is out now, and it does not appear the men's or women's finals will be shown live on any of them and will be relegated to ESPN3.com streaming. From 10 am - noon, ESPN Classic will show reruns of men's contests instead of showing the 206 women's contest live.
Molly Schuyler appeared on tonight's episode of To Tell the Truth on ABC. The question was "Who is the real competitive eater?" update June 15 A video of the appearance is on youtube. (not official, so it might get removed)
2016 Nathan’s finals live on ESPN3.com
The ESPN3.com schedule for July 4 is now out. The men’s & women’s Nathan’s finals will be live streamed on that platform. The broadcast will be tape-delayed on ESPN at 3pm eastern due to Wimbledon coverage.
2016 Nathan’s finals on ESPN at 3pm
The ESPN schedule for July 4, 2016 lists the first showing of the Nathan’s finals at 3 pm. This will be a three hour tape-delay if the competition has its traditional noon start time, as the countdown counter on nathansfamous.com implies. There will also be three reruns on ESPN2. The July 4 web-streaming schedule for ESPN3.com, which shows the women’s division, is not yet available.
It appears that both ESPN and ESPN2 will be broadcasting tennis from Wimbledon while the Nathan’s finals competitions take place.
ITV has posted a casting call for big eaters for an upcoming UK television show.
Vancouver.craigslist.ca has a request for Canadian competitive eaters to compete in the qualifier for Battle of the Big Eaters 4 in Vancouver in September. The selected competitors will face teams from Japan, the USA and another country later in the fall in Dallas. Entrants appearing in the qualifier will receive $200 and those that compete in Dallas will get an additional $500.
Matt Stonie will appear on Caught on Camera with Nick Cannon on NBC at 8pm tomorrow.
Three women faced off in a hot dog eating contest on yesterday's episode of the Jerry Springer Show. At the conclusion, the competition devolved into a food fight (and almost an actual fight).
There was a donut eating contest between Khalil Roundtree and Cory Hendricks on last night's episode of The Ultimate Fighter on Fox Sports 1. The loser had to have makeup applied. There was also an eating contest between Khalil Roundtree and Miesha Tate on TUF Talk after the show. (via Will Millender)
Japanese competitive eaters on “Matsuko Deluxe” show
Takeru Kobayashi appeared on today’s episode of Matsuko Deluxe a show starring a plus-size transvestite. Additional guests include:
- Takako Akasaka, 3rd place in 2000 Nathan’s and first woman to exceed 20 hot dogs in a Nathan’s July 4 contest
- Nobuyuki “The Giant” Shirota 3rd place in 2004 Nathan’s and winner of 3 out of 4 Food Battle Club contests
- Kaz Arai 2000 Nathan’s winner and 2001 Nathan’s runner up
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