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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.
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.
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