update May 5 Michelle Lesco confirms she got 5th place w//3
Miki Sudo has a contest report
Crazy Legs Conti says Sudo & Shoudt got the original 2nd place money despite the tie and Erik Denmark got the 3rd place money despite finishing 4h

update April 30 In Crazy Legs Conti’s Huffington Post contest report claims Bob had a “Mt. Everest” of uneaten kernels which did not result in a deduction and compares himself to a sports dynasty after winning the contest for the 4th time in the past 7 years.

Merly at Mr. Food has a blog entry, a video of the end of the pro contest end and a video of the amateur contest

update 8:50 The Palm Beach Post has an article which does not mention the controversy or near-fight
update April 30 Cra

update 6:55 Bob Shoudt has posted the post-contest ears of two unnamed competitors: Eater 1 | Eater 2

update 4:20 George Shea has the top 3

1) Crazy Legs Conti 43 ears 46 pre-deduction
2T) Miki Sudo 42 47 pre-deduction
2T) Bob Shoudt 42 44 pre-deduction reportedly almost came to blows w/Conti
4) Erik Denmark 40 (via twitter) 43 pre-deduction
5?) Michelle Lesco 32? (results 5-7 from Josh Miller)
6?) Josh Miller 31?
7T?) Adrian Morgan 30?
7T?) Badlands Booker 30?

update 3:50 Crazy Legs Conti has been announced as the winner with 43 ears in 12 minutes.

update 3:30 The contest has started

The festival facebook has the full field for the contest. The Sun-Sentinel has a preview

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update April 27 VegasNews Vegas24Seven and HauteLiving have articles with galleries. The Las Vegas Sun has a gallery

El Toro has a video of the women’s qualifier

The winners have been announced
Men
1) Pablo Martinez 26
2) Rich LeFevre 25 – takes wild card lead (Nathan Biller 2nd w/18)

Women
1) Carlene LeFevre 13 – first MLE contest since 2005, qualifies for Coney for 4th time (1st as winner of female division)
2) Mary Bowers 9 – takes wild card lead
3) Laura Heywood 6 wore hot dog hat

The qualifier has started. Some reports say the contest has been held at the New York New York Hotel & Casino for 17 years, which would probably make it the second longest running event on the MLE calendar after the Nathan’s finals. (Rich Shea said it has been held for 10 years in his interview.)

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update May 5 Miki Sudo has a contest report

update April 27 The Record and binocularBob have videos

Recordnet has an article

The official top 4 | Part 2 | Part 3
1) Joey Chestnut 12 lb. 8.75 oz. new record
2) Matt Stonie 12 lb. 6 oz.
3) Miki Sudo 7 lb. 4 oz.
4) Steve Hendry 5 lb. 4 oz
5) Chad Cole 2 lb 8 oz
6) Jonathan Vincent 2 lb 4 oz
6) Cameron Sharp 2 lb 4 oz
8) Cameron Bidwell 2 lb
8) Jon Davis 2 lb
10) Muhammad Mahmoud 1 lb 12oz
11) Daniel Osuna 1 lb 4 oz
12) Ms Felicia Lopez 1 lb

The contest has started. This is the first meeting between Joey Chestnut and Matt Stonie since the “Megatoad” ended a 10 contest winning streak at the Wind Creek Throwdown.

The temperature is 64, which is generally lower than in previous years.

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