Patrick Bertoletti attempted to consume 120 raw eggs on tonight's episode of America's Got Talent. update The Chicago Tribune has an article
Central Track reports that Andrew Chu ate 14 corn dogs in 15 minutes to defend his title ate The Libertine in Dallas.
Mardi Gras Casino in Hallandale Beach will hold a hot dog eating contest Saturday awarding $1000 to the winner. (Total purse is reportedly $1760).
Brian "Brian Taylor" Seiken has announced his intention to compete in the 2016 Nathan's womens contest. He believes that a cash prize is attainable in that division.
Greensboro.com has has an article on Ronnie Hartman's training session at Hooters, where he plans to eat 100 wings tonight. update WFMY reports "Megabyte" ate 77 wings in 10 minutes
Dave Brunelli ate 25 hot dogs Saturday to defend his title at Fish Tales in Ocean City, MD. Jed Donahue ate 19.5 hot dogs to take runner up.
Dlisted.com calls Carlene LeFevre its "Hot Slut of the Day".
NJ.com catches up with Bill "El WIngador" Simmons, who is attempting to rebuild his life after being released from prison about a month ago. The five time Wing Bowl winner He served two years of a seven year sentence for cocaine distribution and will be on parole until September 2018. He hopes to write a book about his experience.
CharlotteObserver.com reports that Joe Menchetti ate a meal including a full rack of ribs in five minutes to win a contest yesterday at the Midwood Smokehouse in Charlotte.
Molly McButter ate 52 tacos in 10 minutes to win the first prize of $1000 at Ruby's Tequila Mexican Kitchen in Lubbock, TX. (via email)
Jack Diamond ate the Gut Buster Eating Challenge in Hockessin, DE in 4:05 today to win a contest. The food included a hamburger, hot-dog, cole-slaw, mashed potatoes, two chicken wings, two oysters, watermelon, a cupcake and a Budweiser.
The official result for Takeru Kobayashi's exhibition at Spin NYC today is 35 hot dogs eaten in 10 minutes while playing ping pong.
Stephanie Wu ate 10 hot dogs in 5 minutes to win the first prize of $500 at a contest in Hurricane, WV.
Randy Santel ate 31 hot dogs in 10 minutes to win the hot dog eating contest at the Salute To America Festival in Jefferson City, MO.
Michael Jenkins ate 12 hot dogs in 3 minutes to win $400 and defeat Dale Boone at Bruce Rossmeyer Harley Davidson in Daytona, FL.
Matt Stonie defeats Joey Chestnut to break 8 year Nathan’s streak
Video of entire finals
Video of protest by Collectively Free (CF) and Direct Action Everywhere (DxE)
Full Official Results Part 1 | Part 2
1) Matt Stonie 62, personal best
2) Joey Chestnut 60, 8 year streak ended
3) Tim “Eater X” Janus 35.5
4) Erik Denmark 33
5) Adrian Morgan 31
6) Yasir Salem 30
7) Geoff Esper 29.5
8) Juan “More Bite” Rodriguez 28
9) Eric “Badlands” Booker 24.5
10) Pablo Martinez 22
11) Steve Hendry 21.75
12) Crazy Legs Conti 19.5
13T) Brian Dudzinski 19
13T) Gideon Oji 19
15) Jeff Butler 17
16) Nate Biller 16
Matt Stonie has upset Joey Chestnut 62 to 60
ESPN Stats & Info has an analysis of Joey Chestnut’s streak.
Miki Sudo defends Nathan’s womens title
Official results have been posted Part 1 | Part 2
WNEP has an article about Larell Marie saying she got 6th
Video of the final 2 minutes of the women’s contest. Juliet Lee appears to have finished 3rd and Michelle Lesco 4th.
The top 2:
1) Miki Sudo originall y 37 (officially 38)
2) Sonya Thomas 34
3) Juliet Lee 27.5
4) Michelle Lesco 26
5) Larell Marie Mele 16.75
6) Meredith Boxberger 16.5
7) Nela Zisser 16 (probable Oceania record)
8) Danielle Gioia 15
9) BeeJay Alexander 13
10) Carlene LeFevre 11
11) Lesley Ryder 10.5
12) Liz McClurg 8.5
13T) Mary Bowers 8
13T) Crystin Pactor 8
13T) Marlene Wigginton 8
16) Angie Hendry
Qualified, did not compete: Mia Davekos, Dee Martin, Brandi
Miki’s official total seems to be 38. The gambling over/under for winning total was 37.5, so anyone who bet the under is probably rather upset.
I have not been able to find list of which qualifiers are actually present in Brooklyn. Dee Martin is in Atlanta, so she will not bbe competing.
ESPN3 webstreaming has started. Miki Sudo has her own camera.
STLSportsPage has interviews with Juan Rodriguez and Marlene Wigginton about representing St.Louis in the Nathan's finals.
The Daily Beast has a report on lunching with Nela Zisser, whoi is a choice in the new poll asking who is the finals newcomer most likely to win money (top 5 finish).
The Reporter has an article about Steve & Angie Hendy.
The Dana Point Times has an interview with Mary Bowers.
John Luis Rivera ate 2 half pound hot dogs in under 2 minutes to win last night's eating contest at Augustine Casino in Coachella, CA.
Coneypedia posted a picture of actress Thelma Pelish from a 1958 newspaper. The caption says she ate 25 hot dogs at Charcoal Dan's in Coney Island, beating Babe Ruth's hot dog record of 24. (I think 25 hot dogs would remain the American female record for a Coney Island contest for the rest of the 20th century.(IMDB page)
Joey Chestnut offers a minute by minute breakdown of what he is thinking in a 10 minute contestto the Hollywood Reporter.
Seamus Gallagher reports that Dale Boone retired from competitive eating after winning a contest at Crowbar in Tampa with a total of 24 hot dogs.
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