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Get Stuffed will debut on OLN in Canada tonight. In the first half of the show, an unconventional competition will take place. In the second half, the losers will attempt an eating challenge sized meal. (trailer)
"Cousin" Sal Iacono has a column for grantland.com about attempting an eating challenge at Popei's in BethPage, NY in 1993, which required some unconventional techniques to get credit for finishing.
The Futon Critic announces that Joey Chestnut will compete in a wing eating contest against Gordon Ramsay on the July 16 episode of Hell's Kitchen on Fox.
Nathan’s contest to start at noon, to be tape delayed on ESPN
The Olympics will apparently not be the only tape-delayed sporting event this summer. The Nathan’s Famous facebook page announces that the Nathan’s finals will begin at the tradition starting time of noon eastern and a recording of the event will be televised on ESPN at 3pm. A comment says that the contest will be televised live on another ESPN network. (via Larell Marie email) update The schedule listing on ESPN.go.com does not currently show a hot dog contest at noon July 4 on any ESPN network.
update The Brooklyn Paper gives a conflict with a Brooklyn Cyclones game as the reason for the time shift. The game will start at 6 pm, two hours after original end of the contest. Presumably, the Cyclones schedule has been set since the start of the baseball season in April so it is surprising that no conflict would be announced until 9 days before July 4. The maximum attendance at the Cyclones ballpark is 10,000, a fifth of the estimated attendance at the Nathan’s finals.
update June 26 IFOCE.com announces the contest will not be televised live on any ESPN cable channel; it will be streamed on ESPN3.com
The Daily Herald has an article about Jacob Larry auditioning for NBC's The Biggest Loser. He brought a trophy, a giant check and 40 competitive eating T-shirts to the audition and said he intended to make changes in his life which apparently include retirement from competitive eating.
BBC has a segment from The Men Who Made Us Fat about an attempt at the 9.5 pound "Kidz Breakfast Challenge" at Jester's Diner in Great Yarmouth, England.
The eating contest on the Travel Channel's Truck Stop USA that Randy Santel competed in can be viewed online.
A press release announces the launch of ESPNW.com, an online channel devoted solely to women's competitions. The Nathan's women's finals is listed on the ESPNW.com schedule at 2:25 pm eastern, before the start of the 3pm program on ESPN.
The Guardian has an interview with Adam Richman about the cancellation of Man vs. Food: Nation
Takeru Kobayashi's appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon can be viewed online. Kobayashi ate 54 cocktail sausages in a minute to claim a world record.
A trailer for "Shove It", a children's hands-free team competitive eating show, announces the program will debut on the Awesomeness TV youtube channel on June 22. The producer of the series is Joe Davola, inspiration for the Seinfeld character "Crazy" Joe Davola.
The World Burping Championship won by Tim Janus is #2 in ESPN's Not Top 10 list of the week.
TeamKobayashi announces that Takeru Kobayashi will appear on Friday night's episode of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on NBC.
AVClub.com has a recap of tonight's episode of Royal Pains in which one of the patients was a professional female competitive eater from Grand Rapids, MI who had a European accent despite her birthplace. update June 7 The episode can be viewed online. The lobster roll contest in which Crazy Legs Conti competes at 'T-Bone Tommy" starts around minute 29.
Competitive eating injuries will be part of the plot in the debut episode for season 4 of Royal Pains on the USA Network tomorrow at 9/8C.
Nathan's Famous of Canada has a link to Aaron and Heather Osthoff's appearance on Breakfast Television Calgary today. The Calgary Herald has a preview focusing on Lee Vilinsky.
Epic Meal Time will appear on ABC's Nightline tonight.
ESPN Front Row has a blog entry and video about the eating contest held Friday at ESPN headquarters in which Crazy Legs Conti defeated Maria "Edible" 13.5 hot dogs to 12 in the five minute competition. Conti will attempt to qualify in Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Charlotte.
Social Cam has a video of a hot dog eating contest between Crazy Legs Conti and Maria "Edible" on the ESPN campus today.
A press release announces that the Nathan's finals will be televised on ESPN through 2017. The 2012 broadcast will begin at 3pm eastern and last one hour and coverage of the women's division will be included. Paul "Joey Chitwood" Page will continue as announcer.
Dax "The Ginger" Swanson will be competing in a wing eating contest on (San Francisco) Chronicle Live on Comcast Sports Net Bay Area tomorrow.
Philly.com reports that the Travel Channel program Food Paradise will record attempts at the sandwich challenge at Jake's Sandwich Board in Philadelphia on Friday (via Danny Ozark)
London based Umbrella Magazine has an article in its new edition titled "Why Man vs. Food Represents the Very Best America"
An unnamed Travel Channel program will record a "calf fry" (rocky mountain oyster) eating contest at Tumbleweed in Stillwater, OK on Thursday.
LosAngeles.Craigslist.org has a casting call for 8th, 9th and 10th graders who want to appear on a new program described as "Wild & Crazy Kids meets Man vs. Food". The program will be hosted by an unnamed Disney Channel star.
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