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Randy Santel has been announced as one five finalists for the Man vs. Food: Nation Casting Call contest (need to be a facebook fan of Man vs Food to view page). The other finalists are Kyle Hook from Tucson, Lauren Takao from Hawaii, John Lomascolo from Albany and Dan Baker from Philadelphia. Voting closes August 11. update Lauren has a facebook page about her eating challenges titled Lauren the Eater. update Randy Santel appeared on KCTV5 to promote his video.
Johnnie Excel announces that he is casting the competitive eating episode for the upcoming season of Fox's Bones and is looking for male and females who can eat along with a female victim.
Temple City Daily Photo has a blog entry (from January) about female competitive eater Suzanne French recording a program for the Food Network in Los Angeles. (This might be for the "Woman vs. Food" project that has been under development since 2009)
Crazy Legs Conti's advice helped Nick Altschuller defeat the Tasty Burger Challenge at Kings in Dedham, MA. (Conti's choice in competitive eating music: "Air Supply or early Menudo") update Pete Davekos coached Shannon "The Mutilator" Mulaire of Fox 25 on her eating challenge for a segment that will appear on the 10:30 pm news tonight. (A gallery of the challenge) update #2 The video and article (which misspells "Carlene Pop" as "Carling Pop") are now available.
ESPN Front Row has a report on three ESPN staffers attempting the Hall of Famer burger challenge at Silders Grill & Bar in Plainville, CT.
TV Addict reports that a death at a hot dog eating contest will be investigated in the second episode (titled "The Hot Dog in the Competition") of the second episode of the upcoming season of Fox's Bones.
The Bismarck Tribune reports that Paul Chapman will be attempting the Slapshot Challenge consisting of 15 sliders and a large fries and milkshake at JP's in Durham, NH on tonight's episode of Man vs. Food: Nation and claims the challenge has been renamed "Chappy's Challenge" after he finished it in 23 minutes. Matt Stonie finished the challenge in 8:35, but has not been added to the online wall of fame, which calls it the "Andy Bo Challenge".
Heat Seekers will debut on the Food Network July 22 at 10 pm eastern. The show will be focused on the spiciest foods in the United States and will fill the time slot formerly occupied by Outrageous Food.
A new Discovery Channel eating challenge show was recorded at Fat Sal's Deli in Los Angeles on Friday. The name of the show is probably "Foodzilla".
The list of professionals expected to compete in Sunday's meatball eating contest in Midlothian, IL sponsored by Bartolini's has been posted and includes Joe Menchetti, Tom Gilbert, Bob Kuhns and Pete Czerwinski, who will be filmed by German television for an upcoming program.
Joey Chestnut will be competing in an ice cream sandwich eating contest against Mandy Marks on Comcast SportsNet Bay Area's Chronicle Live at 5pm Pacific.update July 15 Joey Chestnut's appearance yesterday can be viewed online.
(Wo)Man vs. Food:Nation will have its first female challenger tonight who will attempt to eat conch fritters in the Florida Keys. Vanilla Ice will also appear in the episode.
Darren Rovell reports that the 2011 Nathan's hot dog eating contest on ESPN received a 1.1 overnight rating, less than 2010 but more than the 2008 & 09 ratings. update Rovell says that the 2011 contest had the most viewers (1.94 million) since ESPN began televising it in 2004.
AwfulAnnouncing.com has a list of quotes from yesterday's broadcast of Nathan's hot dog eating contest.
The appearance of Joey Chestnut and Sonya Thomas on NBC's Today this morning can be viewed online.
Wikipedia fabrication in 2010 ESPN Nathan’s graphic
A graph in last year’s broadcast of the Nathan’s finals listed Llamas as the top Nathan’s performer in the 1980’s with a total near 20 hot dogs. This is based on a Wikipedia fabrication claiming that Luis Llamas from Mexico won the 1983 contest with a total of 19.5 hot dogs.
According to an Associated Press article, the winner in 1983 was Emil Gomez with a total of 10.5 hot dogs.
The appearance of Joey Chestnut, Tim Janus, Sonya Thomas and Juliet Lee on NBC's Today this morning can be viewed online. (via eatingcontest twitter & email)
Some ESPN Nathan's links:
- Sport Science segment on Joey Chestnut
- Joey Chestnut is interviewed while 10 ESPN employees attempt to eat more than 68 hot dogs
- Transcript of Joey Chestnut's chat session
- Yahoo interviews sideline report Renee Herlocker
The New York Post has an article about the competitors in the women's division of the Nathan's finals. update ESPNW also has an article about the women's division.
Westwood.com reports the 11 pound pizza challenge at Virgilo's in Littleton, CO will be featured on tonight's episode of Outrageous Food on the Food Network at 10 pm eastern. Nathan's finalist Stephanie Torres was the first person to complete the challenge earlier this year, earning her a prize of $1,000.
Joey Chestnut will be doing a chat session on ESPN.com at 3 pm eastern. (Link to session)
ESPNMediaZone3.com has information about ESPN's coverage of the Nathan's finals on July 4. Pat Bertoletti will wear a heart monitor during the contest.
AOL Weird News has an article about the Nathan's women's division with quotes from Larell Marie Mele confirming that the female contest will not be televised on ESPN; live coverage will be available online on ESPN3.
The women's contest at the Nathan's finals may not appear on ESPN. IFOCE.com lists the start time of the female division at 11:30 am eastern and the ESPN broadcast will start at 12 noon eastern. (Grace Lee has planned a watch party, hopefully the women's contest will appear on some channel)
The 2011 Nathan's finals will be televised live in the United Kingdom on ESPN America and Paul Page will return as announcer despite calling the defending champion "Joey Chitwood" on last year's broadcast.
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