“Wedges & Wings” viewable online
“Wedges and Wings” can be viewed in its entirety on the Spike TV website. Three shorter clips are also available.
The eater profile page links from Micah Collins down do not work.
“Wings and Wedges” screen captures
Here are some screen captures from the “Wedges & Wings” contest
Wedges & Wings teleblog
A liveblog of the “Wedges & Wings” program follows after the jump
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Spike TV MLE page created
A page about tonight’s MLE Chowdown has been set up on the Spike TV website. The page has videos of the top 10 commercials and profile pages of some of the competitors who are listed as (current IFOCE ranking in parentheses):
Joey Chestnut(1), Takeru Kobayashi(2), Pat Bertoletti(3), Tim Janus(4), Rich LeFevre(8), Hall Hunt(9), Juliet Lee(10), Erik Denmark(12), Arturo Rios Jr.,(13) Allen Goldstein(14), Tim Brown(15), Micah Collins(17), Eric Livingston(21), Juris Shibayama(23), Chris Abatsas(25)
Bob Shoudt was listed in the original press release, but apparently did not compete.
More “Wedges & Wings” previews
The Naughty American has an article (contains spoilers) previewing the “Wedges & Wings” contest in which Joey Chestnut and Pat Bertoletti discuss female fans and cheating techniques.
Bertoletti claims that, while the competitions are closely monitored by the International Federation of Competitive Eating (IFOCE) to prevent this sort of thing, there are ways to get around it.
“The dishonest people will push the rules a little bit. If it’s not stated in the rules, people will do it,†he said.
While the issue of cheating with drug use is a major problem with other sports, the IFOCE does not currently conduct drug testing on competitors.
“As far as drugs that would give me an edge, I haven’t found any yet,†Chestnut says. “But I’m trying.â€
The Cleveland Free Times has a brief article about Chris “the Mad Greek” Abatsas’ participation in the wedges contest.
The Las Vegas Review Journal has pictures (captions contain spoilers) from the potato wedges contest.
Juliet Lee has a trip report.
Steakbellie reports from Chicago & Vegas
Steakbellie has posted writeups of his Chicago jalapeno contest experience and his participation in the “Wedges & Wings” contest (no spoilers)
More “Wedges & Wings” competitors
CompetitiveEatingNews.com has a short blurb about Thursday’s “Wedges & Wings” telecast with the following information about the field:
The magnificent and hotly anticipated event will showcase the eating talents of Takeru Kobayashi, Pat Bertoletti, Joey Chestnut, the Mad Greek and Eater X along with Juliet Lee, Wing Kong and the mysterious El Toro among others
Minimal online promotion for “Wedges & Wings”
With three days until airtime, there is no mention of the “Wedges & Wings” program on any of the IFOCE/MLE websites. The special does not appear on the list of Spike TV programs either. In the Spike TV schedule grid, there is no program description whatsoever. A screen capture of the grid is available after the jump.
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BeautifulBrian.com on Spike TV field
BeautifulBrian.com has a page on why he thinks that certain eaters were chosen or passed over for Spike TV’s “Wedges & Wings” contest along with a commentary on the selection process.
“Wedges & Wings” news video on youtube
One of the KTNV news clips on the “Wedges & Wings” contests can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mH7Av6uC838 (spoilers in video) El Toro is one of the competitors in the potato wedge contest. I could not recognize another another one of the competitors in that video, who is shown in the capture above.
KTNV “Wedges & Wings” videos
KTNV has four videos from the “Wedges & Wings” contest. Joey Chestnut gives a wing eating lesson while wearing a “Heart Attack Grill” shirt. Joey also says that he thinks Kobayashi was faking “jawthritis”. Pat Bertoletti estimates his stomach capacity at 25 pounds.
The third & fourth Spike TV specials will be broadcast over the next two months. Today’s foods are ham and hard boiled eggs.
The article containing the video links gives the result of Tuesday’s contest.
Conti / Janus wing tutorial
On a Fox5Vegas video, Crazy Legs Conti showed wing eating techniques while Tim “Eater X” Janus provided commentary. Conti will be an announcer on the “Wedges & Wings” program.
“Wedges & Wings” non-spoilers
Steakbellie has a post-contest report without results. He will appear on the next two programs today and tomorrow. I am assuming they will be recorded at Fremont Street in the evening and be open to the public, but I have not been able to find any official information.
Megamunch has a blog entry about his thoughts on the selection process. (No results in entry, but winner is mentioned in the comments)
The event is somewhat like English soccer. There are two divisions and the top finishers in the lower division move up, while the bottom dwellers in the higher division move down.
The air times for the program recorded yesterday are
No Episode Title Competitive eaters go against the clock to see who can eat the most Buffalo Wings and potato wedges.
SPIKETV Thu 10/18 11:00 PM
SPIKETV Sat 10/20 7:00 PM
The times for the next two shows have not been announced.
“Wedges & Wings” on Yahoo front page (spoilers)
(From The Sicilian & Philly guy) The home page of yahoo currently has the winner of the “Wedges & Wings” contest. A screen capture (containing results) is available after the jump.
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“Wedges & Wings” results (spoilers)
Results of tonight’s “Wedges & Wings” contest obtained from an AP article are available after the jump.
If you do post a comment containing results, please do not mention any result in the first six words of the comment so it will not appear in the sidebar.
Steakbellie in Las Vegas
Steakbellie will compete in the “Wedges & Wings” contest in Las Vegas tonight. He verifies that Kobayashi is present. Steakbellie reports that three separate TV specials will be recorded at the same session, which will fulfill the Spike TV contract.
I think this leaves 6 unknown slots in the contest.
“Wedges and Wings” spectator information
Las Vegas Advisor has information about tomorrow’s “Wedges and Wings” contest.
Kobayashi’s blog reports that he got a new hairstyle and is not sure when he will be able to update his blog, so he will probably attend.
STBW says that October will be a “very very light month” CE-wise for Sonya, so she will probably not attend.
“Wedges & Wings”, Spike TV MLE #2, announced
PRNewsWire.com has a press release about the second MLE event to be televised on Spike TV:
Spike TV and Major League Eating present JOEY CHESTNUT vs. KOBAYASHI (and the other top eaters in the world) in chicken wing (Buffalo Wild Wings(R)) and potato wedge consumption in Las Vegas, Tuesday, October 9 from the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas.
This one hour special, MLE Chowdown: Wedges And Wings, will air Thursday, October 18 at 11:00pm ET/PT on Spike TV.
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Joining Chestnut and Kobayashi will be the top Major League Eaters in the world including Patrick Bertoletti (winner of Spike TV’s St. 2007 Patrick’s Day Chowdown), Tim “Eater X” Janus, “Humble” Bob Shoudt, Richard LeFevre, Juliet Lee, and Hall Hunt.
This event marks the second MLE on Spike TV. The first, The St. Patrick’s Day Chowdown, featuring corned beef and cabbage, green donuts, and jalapenos, drew a robust 739,000 viewers on March 17.
The press release says that 16 eaters will compete, leaving 8 unnamed.
US Open II on Spike TV?
From Beautiful Brian’s bits & pieces:
It has been brought to my attention that certain IFOCE members more than likely pertaining to the the top 25 have been sent emails regarding their availabilty for an upcoming SPIKE tv special in Las Vegas which would span the course of 3 or 4 days during the early part of Oct.You would need to take a week off from work. Sponsors will cover your airfare and hotel expenses along with $1000 spending money. Sounds like U.S open all over again, but this time with no mention of lottery picks
More information can be found in the comments of this megamunch post.
SpikeTV.com revamped, MLE page empty
The Spike TV website has been revamped and the page which previously had videos from the Saint Patrick’s Day Chowdown, http://www.spiketv.com/#shows/mle/index.jhtml is basically blank. (On the positive side, the commercial has been removed as well)
Spike TV non MLE competitive eating
A clip of an eating contest from a Spike TV program which is not the Saint Patrick’s Day Chowdown can be seen at http://youtube.com/watch?v=qWW9OKmp5bA If you are not satisfied with how Spike portrayed competitive eating in the Chowdown, this clip featuring a “hurl cam” shows that it could have been worse.
New videos on Spike TV’s MLE page
There are two new videos on http://www.spiketv.com/#shows/mle/index.jhtml, the Pro vs. Joes segment in which Crazy Legs Conti took on three novices in donut eating and a “Sexy Eating Competition” which was not televised.
Chowdown rerun commercial with Sonya & Eater X
The Saint Patrick’s Day Chowdown will rerun at 2pm eastern tomorrow on Spike. A 15 second commercial for that showing with Sonya Thomas and Tim “Eater X” Janus can be seen at sonyajanusstpatspromo.wmv (.7 MB)
St. Pat’s Chowdown Round 1 on Friday
(From the Hangman) riverstreetsavannah.com has information about the Saint Patrick’s Day Chowdown, which will begin on St. Patrick’s Eve:
Spike TV will be on River Street filming eight of the world’s best eaters as Verizon Wireless presents St. Patrick’s Celebration on the River! The Competitions will take place Friday afternoon at 4 and Saturday afternoon between 2 and 2:30. The competition will air on Spike TV at 7pm on St. Pat’s night.
ConnectSavannah.com also has an article about the contest.
URL for St. Pat’s Chowdown promo
IFOCE.com reports that the commercial for the St. Patrick’s Day Chowdown starring Tim Janus and Crazy Legs Conti can be viewed at http://www.spiketv.com/#/originals/index.jhtml?franchise_id=721&video_id=136875
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