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There will be an eating contest on tonight's episode of The Challenge: Battle of the (Real World) Seasons at 10pm eastern on MTV. (via Marie Roda).
The BBC has an interview with Adam Richman, who says he does not have plans for a UK version of Man vs. Food or any other future eating challenge show.
A clip from The Sopranos of a cannoli eating contest has been uploaded to youtube. Crazy Legs Conti is one of the competitors.
Molly Schuyler appeared on Omaha Morning Blend to promote Saturday's contest vs. Randy Santel at Sinful Burger to benefit Toys for Tots. (via Randy Santel)
In his ESPN.com podcast series, Bill Simmons occasionally mentioned his friend Joe House's stomach capacity. A new video series for Grantland.com will document this ability. The debut episode of "House Eats" was recorded at Emma Jean's Holland Burger Cafe in Victorville, CA. In a new podcast Joe House discusses the project at the 47 minute mark.
Jon "Super" Squibb will compete against a pig in a corn eating contest for an upcoming episode of Animal Science.
WGN will record attempts at the Beast burger challenge at Roadhouse 66 in Chicago Friday for an episode of "Chicago's best on Enormous Eats".
A press release announces that Sony Max has acquired the rights to televise Man vs. Food:Nation in Africa. Episodes will start November 20 in South Africa.
Adam Richman will be doing a chat session on ESPN.com today starting at 1:15 pm eastern.
Mayim Bialik ("Blossom") has a blog entry about recording the pie eating contest in last night's episode of The Big Bang Theory
Youtube has the introduction sequence for the pilot episode of Vreet, a South African competitive eating show in the Dutch-derived language of Afrikaans.
Stephanie Torres' appearance on Friday's episode of The Doctors can be viewed online: Introduction | X-ray examination | watermelon eating contest
Stephanie Torres appeared on today's episode of The Doctors, titled "The Health Secrets of Guinness World Record Holders". Recapo has a summary of her appearance. Her appearance closed with a 30 second watermelon eating contest.
The 72 ounce steak challenge at The Big Texan in Amarillo, TX will appear in an upcoming episode of Jeff and Jordan do America which will star to former Big Brother participants.
Full episodes of Man vs. Food can be viewed online at http://www.travelchannel.com/video/man-v-food-full-episodes
Reddit.com has an IAmA interview request for someone who has finished an eating challenge seen on Man vs. Food.
Brian Seiken has uploaded a segment about competitive eating from the Sally Jesse Raphael show that originally aired in 2002. Eric "Badlands" Booker, Don "Moses" Lerman, Rich Shea and Lorraine Arrol appear.
The Wrap reports that Sharp Media, producers of Man vs. Food, has been sold to CORE Media Group, the company responsible for American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance. This might lead to a relaunch of Man vs. Food which has been on hiatus.
Joey Chestnut will appear on (San Francisco) Chronicle Live on Comcast SportsNet Bay Area tonight at 8 pm Pacific.
The Braiser has a clip of Joey Chestnut's appearance on Hell's Kitchen on Fox last night where he competed against four chefs in a wing eating contest. It is interesting that neither Major League Eating nor Nathan's was mentioned and MLE logos are not visible. On twitter, Joey says he does not think the existing wing contests on the circuit are "fun".
The Travel Channel's Food Paradise will record at Bartolini's Meatball Eating Contest in Midlothian, IL on Sunday.
Tim Janus' 18 second burp is #8 in ESPN Sportcenter's Not Top 10 of 2012 (video).
With the fate of Bill "El Wingador" Simmons' America's Biggest Eater in doubt due to his arrest on drug distribution charges, another eating challenge television program project has been started. The Great American Eater is raising money on IndieGoGo and seeks to obtain $5,000 to produce a pilot episode.
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