Hello and welcome to the Vat19 4th of July Gummy Hot Dog
Eating Competition.
I'm Ben Lions, next to experienced overeater,
Eric Christensen.
Our players are ready, and let's get
things started with our announcer, Straw Hatman.
Straw?
Welcome everyone to the Vat19 famous 4th of July Gummy Hot
Dog Eating Contest.
Are the contestants ready?
Oh, yeah.
Ready.
Yeah.
Then let the gummy gorging begin.
OK, our players have 10 minutes here
to eat as many gummy hot dogs as they can.
Looks like Cameron's already going straight for some drink
there.
Mm-hmm.
Oh, well this is worse.
Jamie seems to be pouring some soda
and waiting for the bubbles to kind of--
Oh, he's doing the dip method to get a little extra liquid
on there.
Now keep in mind, that is a pie flavored soda,
which is just even more sugar in his belly.
Could be a strategic error.
Now Ben, can you guess what country Jamie is from?
I'm not great with geography, Eric.
I'm going to say northern Ontario.
Interesting fact, he's from the US of A.
Right here in the old US of A.
Now keep in mind each gummy hot dog
is seven ounces, nearly half a pound of sugar.
Oh, it looks like Corey is wiggling, trying to get--
trying to get that gummy down his gullet.
This is a parody of the famous Kobayashi
shake, which is normally done by a much skinnier man.
Jamie just bounced up and down in his chair.
I think he was also trying to replicate that,
but it just looked silly.
It hurts my jaw.
OK.
Now we're getting our first jaw fatigue.
Having some jaw pain.
Yeah, there it is.
Slow and steady wins the race, boys.
I already regret this.
Corey's in the lead with John nipping at his heels,
or chewing at his heels, as it were.
Are you doing number three?
Oh, John and Corey, I think, are our two main competitors
right now.
Corey's-- looks like he's trying to finish the last of that
second hot dog, I believe.
10 minutes is a long time.
I'm seeing a lot of pained expressions from Cameron.
I'm starting to worry-- oh, that is a very definitive head
shake.
It's a head shake.
Can we get a replay on that head shake?
There's a lot of gummy-- there's a lot of gummy in there.
This ain't my first gummy rodeo, boys.
Trash talk from Jamie here, even though it appears
that he's behind quite a bit.
It's a marathon, not a sprint.
No, Jamie.
It is a sprint.
You have 10 minutes.
It's exactly 10 minutes.
I got a secret weapon that I can't tell you guys about.
Do you have an extra stomach?
Now, John is the most experienced gummy eater
at Vat19, having taken part in smiling, biting
gummy, and looking off camera.
However, Ben, I will say he's not
wearing his signature shirt in which he eats gummy in.
That might come back to bite him.
For those not familiar with John's gummy career,
he's been wearing that shirt while eating gummy
in Vat19 videos for years now.
Phew.
Number four, baby, number four.
John is--
John and Corey are just neck and neck here.
Corey has just been silent down there, just eating.
Yeah, he's here to win today.
There's no doubt about that, Eric.
He's not here for a fun little competition.
Nope.
Swallowing has become an ordeal.
We do not have an EMT off screen,
so if any one of these competitors
choke on this gummy hot dog, that's it for them.
They're dead.
And they will be disqualified.
Now when time runs out, do we have to spit out
what's in your mouth?
Otherwise, you could just throw this whole thing in there.
OK, it looks like John's asking for some clarification
on the rules.
And for our viewers at home, if you
have any gummy that's left in your mouth
at the end of the 10 minutes, you have to spit that out
and it will not count in the final weigh in.
Jamie with a slow bite there.
It's almost like he's in slow motion.
He's--
That was not a replay.
That was actually him biting.
I think it's fair to say he considers himself out
of the competition at this point.
Yes.
[BELCHING]
OK, I'm really sorry.
Oh, and our first belch of the competition.
Oh.
As time runs down with one minute remaining,
which of these two competitors is
going to take home the prize?
Not Cameron.
He's just looking at everybody.
Oh, we're down at the end.
Corey with the big bites.
He does have a larger mouth area than John.
Both competitors--
John with another bite looking over at Corey.
Oh, Corey [INAUDIBLE].
And he's twiddling his fingers!
John closing the eyes.
Chewing, chewing, chewing.
Come on, John.
Get that last bite down or you're toast.
Can't eat anymore.
All right, that is time.
Oh--
And that's time.
--unable to do it.
Let's see your remaining dogs.
Oh, it's going to come down to it, man.
Oh.
Corey just had to spit some out.
After judges weighing in with a difference of 1/10 of a pound,
the winner of this year's Vat19 4th of July Gummy Hot Dog
Eating Contest is Corey Woodruff!
[CHEERING]
Congratulations!
Corey takes it by 1/10 of a pound.
Unbelievable.
Boy, that's about as close as you can get, Eric.
A tenth of a pound.
That came down to it, man.
That was just-- oh.
Now I have a crown.
Let me tell you, I even had this going for me.
I've eaten a lot of gummy at Vat19.
Oh, the shirt!
I was wearing this the whole time.
There you have it, folks.
A new winner is crowned.
Thanks for joining us on the Vat19 4th of July Gummy Hot Dog
Eating Contest.
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