Competitive Eating category

Go Daddy has produced a video listing the 10 finalists of its commercial contest, and Eric "Badlands" Booker is one of them.
NewsOK has a blog entry about Man vs. Food recording in Oklahoma City this past weekend. The episode challenge was a catfish eating record.
Denver.Craigslist.org: Woody's Chicago Style will award $2,000 to the winner of its foot long hot dog eating contest at Culturefest in Brighton, Colorado on June 5.
Youtube has a video of a sandwich eating contest "Furious" Pete Czerwinski competed in at the Bodybuilding.com Fitness Expo.

Sonya Thomas on “Fox & Friends” tomorrow morning

The MLE facebook reports that Sonya Thomas will do a jalapeno exhibition on Fox & Friends on the Fox News Network tomorrow (7am – 10am eastern) and then do an appearance on FoxNews.com after the program.

Update A video of a post show jalapeno eating contest (via MLE facebook) and picture are available.

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The Story of Furious Pete is Moviefone's Hot Docs Doc of the Day. The documentary includes a segment about Pete's exclusion from the IFOCE.
The Don Lerman and Tim Janus episodes of Eats of Strength are being televised tonight on the Bravo Channel in the United Kingdom (go to 00:00 on May 9)
VietBlackBoi has videos of "Gentleman" Joe Menchetti and Will Millender's qualification attempts at Go! Go! Curry!
(via Newsflash comment) NBCWashington has a video of Sonya Thomas' recent appearance on the Daily Connection where she ate 43 jalapeno peppers in a minute. Sonya said her waistline was 23 inches.
DOCspace.ca has an interview with George Tsioutsioulas, director of The Story of Furious Pete.

Top Nathan’s qualifier debuts since 2005

Here are the five best Nathan’s qualifier debuts since 2005 according to the eatfeats database:

2006 Jun 17 1st 38 12 min Chip “The Phenom” Simpson Bloomington, MN
2008 May 10 2nd 30 10 min Patrick Vandam Apple Valley, MN
2007 Jun 9 2nd 28 12 min Juliet Lee Charlotte, NC
2007 Jun 28 2nd 26.5 12 min Brad “The Lunatic” Sciullo West Chester, PA
2007 May 19 2nd 24 12 min Tim “Gravy” Brown East Hartford, CT

The new poll asks how many hot dogs will Ben Monson eat in the Las Vegas Nathan’s qualifier. Examiner.com has an article about the contest.

A list of 15+ HDB Nathan’s qualifier debuts since 2005 in the eatfeats database follows after the jump:

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A Moses can be found on the recently updated Go! Go! Curry! qualifying leader board. Moses Perez is in the #5 spot.
Eater.com has an interview with Kristyn Pomranz and Katherine Steinberg, the writers of Hot Dogs: The Competitive Eating Musical which will hold a staged reading in New York City Monday. One of the play's characters is named Joey Cashew.
The Canadian Press article about The Story of Furious Pete has been picked up by MSN of Canada.
The Heart Attack Grill's facebook reports it won an injunction in federal court which will prevent Heart Stoppers in Delray Beach, FL from using a medical theme for its restaurant.

Nightline “Man vs. Food” segment available online

Last night’s Nightline segment about Man vs. Food can be viewed online. Host Martin Bashir calls the star of the program “Alan Richman” in his introduction. John Berman attempts the “Stupid Wing” challenge at Caliente in Richmond in the segment.

RVANews and RichmondBizSense have articles about the upcoming Richmond episode of Man vs. Food.

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AKA Media has a video and gallery of yesterday's jalapeno eating contest.
Pat Bertoletti did a podcast on Chicago Public Radio's Eight Forty-Eight show today about his victory in yesterday's jalapeno eating contest in San Antonio.
Amy Lawrence reports that Man vs. Food will be recording at Cattlemen's Steakhouse in Oklahoma City Sunday.
A gallery and blog entry about Saturday's "Burgerdelphia" contest in Philadelphia are available. (Neither lists the winner) update CityPaper reports "Tiger Wings" won the contest.
BrooklynSharon reports that Adam Richman of Man vs. Food will appear on ABC News Nightline tomorrow. update ABC News confirms the appearance

The Story of Furious Pete reviews

Takeru Kobayashi vs. Bob Shoudt & Joey Chestnut head to head results

Apparently pro wrestler Ric Flair’s adage, “to be the man, you gotta beat the man”, does not apply to IFOCE rankings. “Notorious” Bob Shoudt was moved ahead of Takeru Kobayashi in the latest top 50 despite never having defeated him in nine previous contests, which are listed after the jump.

update Takeru Kobayashi vs. Joey Chestnut head to head results have also been added.
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"Furious" Pete Czerwinski ate a whole watermelon in 1:32 at an eating contest held during last night's premiere of his documentary.
ABCNews has a video of John Berman of Nightline attempting the "Stupid Wing" challenge at Caliente in Richmond, VA while being coached by Adam Richman.
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