ESPN’s E:60 To Feature Krystal Square Off V Tomorrow Night

The E:60 crew was at the Nashville Qualifier to capture Juliet Lee win her seat at the Krystal Square Off finals.

ESPN’s prime-time television newsmagazine, E:60, will spotlight this year’s Krystal Square Off V on Tuesday, October 21, at 7 p.m. ET, as the show takes an in-depth look at the sport of competitive eating.

A camera crew from E:60 covered several stops along this year’s Krystal Square Off tour, including qualifiers in Nashville and Knoxville and the World Hamburger Eating Championship in Chattanooga. Among the competitive eaters who will be showcased include Takeru Kobayashi, Joey Chestnut, “Crazy Legs” Conti and Tim “Eater X” Janus.

A press release from ESPN describes the coverage as follows:

There are 80-100 competitive eating events a year at venues across the country. The top two are Nathan’s in New York and Krystal’s hamburgers in Tennessee. In a sport replete with colorful personalities, E:60 correspondent Jeremy Schaap takes an in-depth look at competitive eating . . . Highlights include interviews with some of the greatest “eaters” in the world such as Takeru Kobayashi, Joey Chestnut, Juliet Lee, “Crazy Legs” Conti and Tim “Eater X” Janus.

Set your TiVo for ESPN, tomorrow night at 7 p.m. ET. We’ll send a tweet beforehand to remind you of the broadcast.

Full Results From Nashville And Knoxville Krystal Square Off V Qualifiers

Many of the biggest names in competitive eating were in Tennessee this past weekend to battle for a seat at the Fox Sports South-televised World Championship on Sept. 28.

The Volunteer State was home to two hotly contested Krystal Square Off V qualifiers this past weekend, with Juliet Lee taking the top prize in Nashville (and being the impetus behind the new “Mustard Yellow Card” rule) and Tim “Eater X” Janus cruising to victory in Knoxville.

We now have the official results from both events posted below.

Nashville
1. Juliet Lee 51 (winner by Eat-Off)
2. Eric “Badlands” Booker 51
2. Juris “Dr/ Bigtime” Shibyama 51
4. Erik “The Red” Denmark  43
5. Nasty Nate Biller 32
6. Pretty Boy Pete Davekos 27
7. Wild Bill Myers 26
8. Dave “US Male” Goldstein 24
9. Steve Larson 18
10. Andrew Wong 14
11. Raymond Denton 13
11. Mark Lefevbre 13
13. Noel Ellorin 12
14. Steve Ramirez 11
15. Diamond Wright  10

Knoxville
1. Tim “Eater X” Janus 63
2. Crazy Legs Conti 50
3. Pretty Boy Pete Davekos 32
4. Nasty Nate Biller 31
5. Dave “US Male” Goldstein 30
6. Wild Bill Myers 25
6. Steve Spinosa 25
8. Paul Egger 21
9. Sean Morris 18
10. Sean Russell 14
11. Steven Ramirez DQ
12. Scott Simmons DQ

Check out our reports and photos from the Nashville and Knoxville qualifiers here and here.

Only two more qualifiers left on the tour. Next up is Birmingham, Ala. on Saturday, Sept. 20, featuring the return of Takeru Kobayashi to Krystal country as he looks to set up his rematch against the No. 1 ranked Joey Chestnut.

Where The Wild Cards Are

Crazy Legs Conti, seen above making his entrance at Krystal Square Off IV, is just one of the many eaters who will be gunning for a spot at Krystal Square Off V this weekend.

The wild card race is heating up for Krystal Square Off V, and looks to get even hotter this weekend as both Nashville and Knoxville host qualifiers.

Among the early confirmations for this weekend include Tim “Eater X” Janus, Crazy Legs Conti, Eric “Badlands” Booker, Erik Denmark, Juliet Lee, Juris Shibayama and Loren Yarbrough.

While this list is subject to change, what won’t change is the least amount of Krystals they’ll have to put down just to be in contention for one of the three backdoor slots into the championship on Sept. 28. That number right now is 44 Krystals, which “Buffalo” Jim Reeves did this past Saturday in Atlanta. Just ahead of Reeves in the wild card race is Tim “Gravy” Brown with 45 Krystals, and Sonya Thomas leads the way with 55 Krystals.

Last year, Erik Denmark, with 43 Krystals, held the top spot from the wild card group.

With four more qualifiers left and so many top eaters still waiting for their shot, Reeves and Brown may want to call their travel agents and start planning another trip back South.

Check out EatFeats for a list of the current top 10 non-winning performances so far.

For a list of remaining Krystal Square Off V Qualifiers, go here.

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