Steve "Pi Guy" Martin and Damien Boykin appeared on Fox 5 Atlanta this morning to promote Sunday's qualifier at the Atlanta Dogwood Festival. Ronnie Hartman and Crazy Legs Conti are also expected to compete.
Bodybuilders Rich Piana and Jenaya Hofer attempted the 30 inch pizza challenge at Santa Lucia Pizza in Winnipeg.
Munchies.vice.com has a video about Randy Santel's recent eating challenge tour of the UK. update April 8 BroBible also has an article about Randy.
Actor Elijah Wood won a moon pie eating contest held at the Chattanooga Film Festival. In 2010, the Lord of the Rings trilogy protagonist oversaw a chicken wing eating contest in New York City. update April 7 WRCB has an article and video
Erik "The Electric" Lamkin and Devon "Beast Aesthetics" Palombo have produced videos where they attempt to eat 30,000 calories in a day.
The Mirror has an article and video about Emma Dalton eating 20 Cadbury Creme Eggs in 10 minutes.
University of Wisconsin basketball player Nigel Hayes competed in a cheesecake eating contest for United Cerebral Palsy of Dane County last month. (via Q106)
UFC champion Ronda Rousey faced off against sports radio host Mike Golic in a marshmallow eating challenge.
Matt Stonie uploaded a video where he attempted to teach his brother Morgan to eat burritos competitively. Erik "The Electric" Lamkin posted a video of his training session for upcoming boysenberry pie eating contest where he attempted 8.5 pounds of pies.
That's Hot has a video interview with Naader Reda that concludes with a serrano pepper eating challenge.
Matt Stonie announces he will appear on ESPN2's SportsNation at 3pm EDT today and will face Michelle Beadle and Marcellus Wiley in a bacon eating contest. update A video of the appearance is available
The Springfield News Leader has a video interview with Heisman Trophy winner Billy Sims which concludes with him participating in a rib eating contest.
Munchies.Vice.com has a video about Mukbang (also known as Mokbang) the phenomenon where South Koreans eat big meals that are streamed online.
In the second part of his video interview with Real Clear Politics, Pat Bertoletti discusses his rivalries with Joey Chestnut, Molly Schuyler and Sonya Thomas. He bills himself as the top male American independent competitive eater; Takeru Kobayashi is not mentioned. update Feb 20 Part 3 is available and is mainly about Taco in a Bag. The final date for that restaurant's West Dundee, IL location will be February 28.
TheRooster.com has started a video series where Colorado celebrities face off in eating contests. The first two competitors are UFC fighter Brandon "Rukus" Thatch and hip hop MC H*Wood who face off at The Buckhorn Exchange, Denver's oldest steakhouse.
Brian Dudzinski has started a youtube channel. His first two videos are his Super Bowl "Beast Feast" and a chugging a gallon of milk and 24 oounces of chocolate syrup in 1 minute.
Kevin Ross has produced a video about last month's slider eating contest at the Dog Haus Biergarten in Pasadena, CA.
Matt Stonie has uploaded a video recorded at October's Smoke's Poutinerie contest in Toronto.
Vice.com's Munchies Youtube channel has a video about the diet of strongman Robert Oberst which consists of 15,000 to 20,000 calories a day. (via SportsGrid)
The NHL produced a video asking hockey stars what their competitive eating food of choice is.
AllKPop.com has a post about Yura of the k-pop group Girl's Day finishing a spicy pasta challenge.
TMZ has a video interview with D. J. Fluker, an offensive lineman on the San Diego Chargers, about his competitive eating history. He once ate 65 nuggets at Chick-fil-A, but did not set the house record and thinks he could take on Takeru Kobayashi with training. He calls his former University of Alabama teammate Chance Warmack the biggest eater in the NFL, who once ate two Mugshots burger challenges according to a 2012 USA Today article.
Erik "The Electric" Lamkin has uploaded a video of him eating 25,000 calories over 12 or 13 hours. The Broken Yolk Ironman omelet challenge is part of the food eaten. Josie Mai has a video where she attempts 10,000 calories.
Michael Jenkins has a video from yesterday's eating contest at the Key Lime Pie Festival in Port Canaveral, FL. He had the fastest time of 4:06, but was disqualified for keeping his hand still behind his back. Bradley Muhs was declared the victor.
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