2009 Olympia Blog

The Olympia is approaching rapidly and will be here before we know it, if you don’t have your plans ready to go then you better start planning now!

The Olympia is the biggest event in the industry and features an amazing expo with some great features and events to keep you busy all weekend. Not to mention the Mr. Olympia, Ms Olympia, Figure Olympia & Fitness Olympia events.

Get you travel arraignments ready and buy your tickets now right here.

For more information check out mrolympia.com

The Olympia Weekend and FLEX Magazine are proud to announce the 2009 FLEX Magazine’s Bikini Model Search. The contest will be held at the Olympia Expo at the Las Vegas Convention Center South Hall 1 on Friday, September 25 (Judging) and Saturday, September 26 (Finals). The winner of the model search will receive an exclusive modeling contract with Weider Publications, LLC and will appear in the pages of FLEX Magazine.

Contestants will be judged on shape, tone, symmetry, poise and overall beauty. Contestants will be judged individually and in group comparisons.

For more information, registration and rules click here.

Last year’s Olympia Showdown proved that you don’t need to be 250 pounds or more to rock the stage at bodybuilding’s biggest weekend as Dave "The Giant Killer" Henry and the rest of the 202 Showdown competitors demonstrated that they have more than enough firepower to set the Vegas night ablaze.

With seven 202-under shows (versus 4 last year) leading up to the big showdown in Vegas, this year’s contest is sure to be loaded with even more drama and suspense. Will defending champ Henry make it two in a row or will Kevin English and Flex Lewis, who finished 2nd and 3rd respectively at the 2008 rendition, return to try and turn the tables on King David.

Rookie pro Peter Putnam will look to join his good friend Lewis onstage and battle it out for his chance at professional glory. Also, look for Richard Jones, another former 2004 Mr. Olympia competitor, to return and fulfill the promise he showed years ago.

But the biggest question mark - and possible threat - might come from the blonde Thunder from Down Under, Lee Priest, who should make his official return to the IFBB in 2009 since being reinstated late last year. Priest, who vowed he would never step on an Olympia stage again, may have to eat his words as this year all 202 competitors will be introduced to the audience Saturday night on the Mr. Olympia stage. Then the top 5 will posedown and receive their awards to determine who will stand atop the mountain peak and for a brief moment, prove to the world that when it comes to size, 202 is all that matters.

For rules and more information click here.

With 163 days left till the Olympia takes over the Bodybuilding and Fitness World here are your qualified contestants for the 2009 Ms. Olympia as of April 20^th.

Armbrust, Heather
Aukland, Lisa
Cadeau, Dayana
Kyle, Iris
Laszewski, Debi
LeFrancois, Cathy
Oriquen-Garcia, Yaxeni
Turell, Isabelle
Viana-Adkins, Betty

Iris Kyle has been Ms. Olympia 4 of the last 5 years, will she win again? All we can do is wait and see.

Check back for Olympia updates soon.

After some intense competition already this year here is who has qualified to participate in the 2009 Fitness Olympia.

Da Silva, Regiane
Durkin, Tina
Greenwood, Tracey
Hendershott, Jen
Johnson, Tanji
Meteraud, Shannon
Palmer, Julie
Scheideler, Kim
Warren, Trish

So far there is some great competition and some amazing competitors lined up, the anticipation for the Olympia only grows strong everyday and after the Europa Show of Champions this weekend there is no saying who might be added to this list.

Here is the list for the candidates who have qualified for the 2009 Olympia as of today.

Adcock, Sonia
Aliotti, Gina
Anthony, Teresa
Arcinas, Huong
Brant, Monica
Ford, Jamie
Fortier, April
Fry, Amy
Gates, Jennnifer
Lado, Mary Elizabeth
Lynn, Jenny
Mello, Patricia
Raudoniene, Zivile
Richardson, Kristal
Romero, Felicia
Smith, Brenda

There are still lots of qualifying shows for this year so the Olympia is sure to be a great show with a line up that makes it hard to pick a possible winner.

The contest season is well under way and has a exciting weekend coming up at the 2009 Europa Show of Champions in Orlando, Florida.

Here is who has qualified for the 2009 Olympia so far;

Anthony, Melvin
Cutler, Jay
Elmoussawi, Moe
Freeman, Toney
Greene, Kai
Haidar, Ahmad
Heath, Phil
Jackson, Dexter
Kefalianos, Michael
Kjellstrom, Martin
Martinez, Victor
Rockel, Ronny
Samuel, Silvio
Warren, Branch
Wolf, Dennis
Yamagishi, Hidetada