update #2 The top 3

1) Tim “Eater X” Janus 46 HDB
2) Pat “from Moonachie” Philbin 22
3) Brian “Dud Light” Dudzinski 21
? Andrew Kossuth 10.5

BeautifulBrian.com has an article and video

update The MLE facebook reports Tim Janus won with 46 HDB.

The MLE facebook lists Tim Janus & Pat “from Moonachie” Philbin as expected entrants.

NYBD has a picture

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update May 9 The Columbia Missourian has an article

8:34 The Missourian has a slideshow

4:07 Elissa Plastino reports the contest went into overtime and has the rest of the top 5

3:45 The top 3 from the Isle of Capri twitter

1) Tim “Eater X” Janus 7 lbs. 11.5 oz
2) Ben Monson 7 lbs. 9.5 oz
3) Sonya Thomas 5 lbs. 8 oz.
4) Damon Wells 3 lbs 1.5 oz.
5) Ben Taylor 2 lbs. 9.5 oz.

3:37 Photographer Joel Kowsky says the contest ended in a tie.

3:28 The contest is now over. Results will be announced on the IsleOfCapriBV twitter

The contest will start at 2pm central / 3pm eastern and be televised on http://www.ustream.tv/channel/isle-of-capri-mle-contest

Bob Shoudt reports that flight delays will result in him missing the contest.

A video of Tim “Eater X” Janus’ radio appearance yesterday is available.

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A commenter requested a listing of head to head results for “Notorious” Bob Shoudt and Tim “Eater X” Janus, which is provided after the jump. Shoudt has finished ahead of Janus in 6 straight contests.
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The eating contest has the top 3 for the pro & amateur division at the Billy Sims BBQ rib eating contest in Norman, OK.

Pros
1. Tim Janus, 71 oz in 8 minutes
2. Nate Biller, 49 oz
3. Nic Fry, 33 oz

Amateurs
1. Steve “Steve-O” Ramirez 46 oz
2. Greg Tate 35 oz
3. Troy Cox 34 oz

update Full (or at least more) results are available on the IFOCE facebook

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update #5 The KSO blog has the full results

update #4 George Shea has the top 4:

1) Tim Janus 55 points
2) Juliet Lee 49 points (originally had 51 but received 2 point deduction)
3T) Nate Biller 42 points
3T) Micah “Wing Kong” Collins 42 points

The two point deduction cost Juliet Lee a wild card slot since Erik Denmark was the only other non-winner to exceed 50 points.

update #3 The top 2 are now posted on the ksquareoff twitter – Tim Janus won with 55, Juliet Lee was second with 49.

update #2 The contest is over but results have not been announced. The KSO twitter reports that there is controversy about Juliet Lee’s result.

update The contest has started.

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Bryan Beard just posted funnel cake results:

1. Tim Janus
2. Hall Hunt
3. Bob Shoudt
4. Erik Denmark
5. Tim Brown
6. Bryan Beard

update CNN has a video and WCCO has a slide show (from A Bomb)

update #2 7th place finisher Jon Lapolla has posted full results and a contest report to a bodybuilding.com forum thread.

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IFOCE.com reports that Tim Janus became the third person to eat 50 or more hot dogs in a Nathan’s contest. Results from the report and Rich Shea’s twitter:

1) Tim “Eater X” Janus 50 HDB
2) Eric “Badlands” Booker 27.5
3) Russ Keeler 19.5
4T) Yasir Salem 15
4T) Mike Springer 15
6) “Wild” Bill Myers 12.5
7) Jason Porris 10
8 Adam “Bomb” Gluck 8.5

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BeautifulBrian.com has the top 6 from today’s Krystal qualifier in Knoxville

Tim Janus 63
Crazy Legs Conti 50
Pete Davekos 32
Nate Biller 31
Dave “US Male” Goldstein 30
Wild Bill Myers 25

WBIR has an article and two videos: a contest video and an appearance by Crazy Legs Conti on the morning local news

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Grits eating contest results from the Shreveport Times:

1. Tim Janus 13.9 lbs.
2. Pat Bertoletti
3. Joey Chestnut
4. Hall Hunt
5. Damon Serignet

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Badlands Booker has uploaded to his youtube page a clip from a segment the Canadian show Careers TV about his competitive eating career. Tim Janus and Crazy Legs Conti also appear.

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• Hall Hunt article in U of Florida student paper. Hall had a bad knee while he ran a marathon last Saturday. An article about Erin Andrews appears in the same issue.
• Crazy Legs Conti and Tim Janus appear in music video by Low Water (myspace)
• Wing Tut previews the contests he will MC this weekend. Samatha Brown of the Travel Channel might compete in the Italian sausage contest.
• MissBusyLady contemplates a Burritozilla attempt
• News items after May 8 removed from IFOCE home page
• Article about Randy Harrison, participant in the US Open of Competitive Eating
• WLOCE registration is open (from Crawfish comment)
• MTV’s video game blog has footage of the first two minutes of the MLE game
• Blog entry about Pauliesaurus challenge. The current prize is $250.

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Pat Philbin commented that Joey Chestnut was interviewed on 660 WFAN this morning. If you missed that appearance, a podcast is available. Eater X also did an interview yesterday.

WFAN will hold an on air hot dog eating contest tomorrow morning. First prize is NY Jets tickets. Second prize is more Jets tickets hot dogs.

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The new issue of The Village Voice has a long article about Crazy Legs Conti and Tim “Eater X” Janus. The roommates will also be profiled in an upcoming issue of Italian Vogue

updated removed sentence about 33 gram bun

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Results from IFOCE.com

1. Tim Janus, 42 HDB
2. Allen Goldstein, 24.5
3. Pat Philbin 21

Here is some video from the fastest concert sellout in the history of Shea Stadium.

update The New York Daily News has a writeup by a reporter who competed in the contest.

Jill Stoler and Beautiful Brian have qualifier reports.

update #2 Beautiful Brian has a video of the qualifier

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(from an email) Crazy Legs Conti and Tim Janus appeared on this morning’s edition of “The Today Show” and competed in a one minute watermelon eating contest and then demoed the Major League Eating video game. The video can be viewed online.

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Results from the wing eating contest on the “Mike & Mike” show on ESPN radio:

1. Tim “Eater X” Janus 31 wings in 3 minutes
2. Crazy Legs Conti 23
3. Pete Davekos 22
4. Mike Golic 15

Video and audio podcasts of the contest are available. A live blog is also available on mike-greenberg.com.

The Hartford Courant has an article about the contest

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Wild Bill Myers mentioned in a comment that Tim “Eater X” Janus would appear in Parade Magazine’s list of what people earn. Micah “Wing Kong” Collins found that list online.

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Ripten reports that Mastiff Games held a promotional event for video game journalists in which Tim “Eater X” Janus ate 141 pieces of avocado sushi. The blog entry contains some additional details about game play:

To keep your gastrointestinal tract clear, you have to hold the A button and wiggle the Wiimote, which makes your character wiggle around to pack in the food. This is actually a real tactic that we saw employed by Eater X.

Depending on which food you are gorging on in the game, you will use different types of controls. I took part in a virtual jalapeno eating contest, where you “flipped” the remote to toss ‘em in your mouth. In the watermelon eating competition, you have to move the remote from side to side. Pressing the B button will chomp your teeth, but if you press it at the wrong time, you’ll bite your tongue instead.

As weird and disgusting as all of this sounds, this actually plays like a good party game.

IGN reports that the game could be played at the Nintendo Media Summit, but journalists cannot report details of the game until Tuesday.

update crave.cnet.com has a blog entry with a gallery and video of Janus’ exhibition.

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This month’s edition of The Challenge, a magazine produced by Pilot Travel Centers, has an article about the IFOCE with quotes from Joey Chestnut, Tim Janus, Rich LeFevre and Richard Shea.

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1up.com has a screen capture from the upcoming MLE video game showing Tim “Eater X” Janus and El Toro competing against each other. The score shows El Toro leading Eater X 10 hot dogs to 8. The game will debut as an exclusive to WiiWare, Nintendo’s upcoming downloadable game service for the Wii. WiiWare is expected to debut on May 12, but the MLE game does not have a price or projected release date. The game will use the Wii remote to simulate the action of eating competitively.

See also awn.com, ign.com Exophase.com has the full press release.

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The No Me Without You blog announces that a series of portraits of competitive eaters has started. A picture of Tim “Eater X” Janus eating ramen noodles in Chinatown accompanies the announcement. A picture of Crazy Legs Conti is forthcoming.

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