Rich and Carlene LeFevre are expected to appear on tonight's episode of "America's Got Talent" at 8pm Eastern / 7pm Central on NBC. update Collider has a post about the LeFevres' appearance. They did not advance to the next round. A video of the appearance is on youtube. July 29, 2025 at 2:48 pm by
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Joey Chestnut ate 14 banana dogs in 3 minutes to win a competition held at Saturday's Savannah Bananas game in Philadelphia. The contest was held on the field while gameplay was taking place. July 27, 2025 at 1:43 am by
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July 26, 2025 at 3:22 pm by
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James Webb is doing a livestream of today’s Great Midwest Rib Fest World Rib Eating Championship in Prior Lake, MN.
Official results (12 minutes)
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Joey Chestnut and Stan "Bandana Eats" van Gorden will attempt the "Land of 10,000 Calories" challenge, a 6 foot hot dog weighing 23.5 pounds, at the August 8 St. Paul Saints game. July 26, 2025 at 8:33 am by
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Iguana's in San Jose will be closing permanently tomorrow due to the retirement of its owners. The restaurant was featured in an episode of Man v Food in which Joey Chestnut attempted the five pound "Burritozilla" challenge. Matt Stonie made a video of his final Burritozilla attempt. July 26, 2025 at 8:23 am by
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Takeru Kobayashi's shirt with signatures of the 2009 Nathan's Famous finalists was appraised at 300,000 Yen ($2031). Kobayashi has shaved his head. July 25, 2025 at 8:00 am by
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RIP Hulk Hogan. To promote the opening of his Pastamania restaurant at the Mall of America in 1995, the Hulkster faced off against Randy "Macho Man" Savage in a pasta eating contest July 24, 2025 at 11:30 pm by
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A trailer for "James Can Eat", a new documentary starring James Webb has been released. The film will be available on Amazon Prime and other platforms on August 22. I think James is the third competitive eater to have a documentary after "The Story of Furious Pete" and Crazy Legs Conti's "Zen and the Art of Competitive Eating". update July 26A clip of James discussing vomiting and the possibility of water intoxication is available. July 23, 2025 at 7:39 am by
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Joey Chestnut and 8 Barstool Sports personalities will attempt to consume a combined 99 hot dogs and beers at tonight's Chicago Cubs game. Joey will restrict himself solely to beverage consumption. July 22, 2025 at 8:10 am by
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Jack Legath ate 30 hot dogs in 10 minutes to win the first prize of $1,000 in Saturday's ShuBrew hot dog eating contest at Horse Trading Days in Zelienople, PA. July 21, 2025 at 2:28 am by
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Dan Kennedy reports that he ate 37.25 corn dogs to win the first prize of $2,500. Molly Schuyler was runner up with 32.875. July 19, 2025 at 11:39 pm by
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Joe Menchetti ate 20 hot dogs to win the first prize of $500 in Thursday's Coney Island Classic in Fall River, MA. July 19, 2025 at 7:28 am by
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Kevin "LA Beast" Strahle returned to competitive eating at a pizza eating contest in Maplewood, NJ, his first competition in four years. July 9, 2025 at 8:01 pm by
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The Ohio University web site has an article about Jack Legath, who is a student in the doctor of physical therapy program. July 9, 2025 at 7:39 pm by
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Raina Huang ate 65 wings in 5 minutes to win the first prize of $1000 and a spot in the 2026 Wing Bowl in yesterday's eating contest at the Plaza in Las Vegas. update Moh Motion received the big check, so apparently he was July 5, 2025 at 8:30 pm by
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George Shea, Badlands Booker, Crazy Legs Conti and Miki Sudo appeared on CUNY-TV's "A Slice of New York" program to discuss Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest. June 30, 2025 at 10:06 pm by
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The New York Post has an interview with Joey Chestnut about his return to Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest. He also discusses his fiancee Brie, but says he has yet to set a wedding date. He says a guy from Montreal (most likely Australian James Webb) is his only threat. June 28, 2025 at 11:20 pm by
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June 21, 2025 at 5:08 pm by
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Fox 43 has a news video
Local21News has a gallery
Official results
George Chiger (26.75) and Camille O’Brien won today’s Nathan’s qualifier at Hershey Park.
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Joey Chestnut ate 40 chicken tenders in 5 minutes to defeat two teams of four celebrities at Fanatics Fest in New York City today. June 20, 2025 at 11:41 pm by
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James Webb announced that he will compete in the Nathan's qualifier at the Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle in Washington, DC on Saturday. June 19, 2025 at 7:11 pm by
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update TMZ has an interview with Joey. He hopes to hit 80 hot dogs.
Joey Chestnut announced that he will be returning to Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest after missing the 2024 competition due to a sponsorship dispute. With two qualifiers remaining on Saturday, this makes the current field for the 2025 contest:
Champion Byes:
Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti
Miki Sudo, Michelle Lesco
Qualifier Winners
There have been three or four wild card entrants the past two years, but the number has yet to be officially announced. Here are the wild card leaders:
Non American competitors have also received international byes the previous two years.
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Dave Brunelli won the first prize of $1,000 in Saturday's cheesesteak eating contest at Skinny Joey's in Philadelphia. June 15, 2025 at 3:10 am by
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