2009 Olympia Blog

Congratulations go out to the new Mr. Olympia, Dexter Jackson - a well-deserved win!

All the 2008 Olympia Winners are now being brought out onto the stage:  Dexter Jackson, David Henry, Jen Gates, Jenny Hendershott, and Iris Kyle!

3rd place
Phil Heath

2nd place
Jay Cutler
1st and 2008 mr Olympia
Dexter Jackson

Everybody is rising for him…

Phil Heath, 3rd Place

It’s time for the presentation of the Top 3 Supplement Awards by Ryan DeLuca.

Best Muscle Building Product:
BSN NO-Explode

Supplement of the Year:
ON 100% Whey Protein

New Supp of the Year:
Muscletech Anabolic Halo

BSN Rep Accepting Award with Ryan DeLuca.

Dean Pipher from MuscleTech Accepting Award.

It’s time now for the Mr. Olympis Top 6 posedown - and the top 6 bodybuilders are all looking very impressive.

If you’re wondering where the live webcast is, click here:

http://webcast.bodybuilding.com/fitshow/2008olympia/webcast/big/big.html

Impressive! 

1)  Dexter Jackson - $155,000
2)  Jay Cutler - $90,000
3)  Phil Heath - $60,000
4)  Dennis Wolf - $48,000
5)  Toney Freeman - $38,000
6)  Melvin Anthony - $30,000
7)  Silvio Samuel - $18,000
8)  Dennis James - $17,000
9)  Moe Elmoussawi - $16,000
10)  Gustavo Badell - $14,000

Congrats, Dexter!! 

Melvin Anthony
He looks harder when he is posing but otherwise a bit soft.
Smooth poser as always. Very graceful and take his time to impress the audience. Slowly tunes that goes into faster beat from Maonna and Justin Timberlake.Now we see the real Melvin The great poser. He rocks the house and finish with a split.

Dexter Jackson
Bigger this year but not as hard as on Arnold’s. Pose as useul very serious and graceful. Looks a bit smooth compare to yesterday but still sharp and in the top.

David Henry
Happy today from his win of the 202 Showdown. He reminds us of a smaller Phil Heath. He has improved his back this year and his condition. This weight suits him like hand in the glove.
Very hard in his most muscular pose. Starts off with slowly music and continue with funky cook hip hop.

Dennis Wolf
Many have been waiting for this day to see Dennis Wolf’s improvements from last year. He looks harder tonight with more details and tiny waist. Has packed on size since last year.

Striated gluteus and lower back. His hamstring has imroved a lot from last year. Lower back is thicker and deeper. Very powerful music. Needs more calves to be  complete. He has improved his back this year but maybe not enough.

Time for the routines

1 Toney Freeman.. He get the crowd going with groovie music He is sharp but not super sharp. His x frame is impressive and the crowd love his moves. He definately in the top 6 tonight.

2Moe Elmoussawi  Starts slowly to get into harder tunes. He has good condition but not really tight and his waist is a it bloated and extended..

3 Gustavo Bardell   Little bit harder from last night but to late. Polished performance during his routine.

4 Darrem Charles   Routine is most like his other routines but still has same efect on the crowd. Posing robotic and grovie funkie hip hop. His condition has been good of late and tonight is no exeption

IFBB Pro Bodybuilder Toney Freeman takes the stage first in the men’s posing routines, and he’s looking great!

His conditioning is great, and he’s much improved from a couple of weeks ago - he nailed it here tonight!

Go X-Man!! 

Jessica Paxson-Putnam is onstage right now, and she’s looking great!

Look for her in the top ranks tonight for sure - Jess is always a fan favorite!

And Olympia-rookie IFBB Pro Nicole Wilkins is also looking great in her one-piece:

What a great line-up! 

Bob said during the webcast that he borrowed his coat from the Liberace collection, and I’m sure he’s actually telling the truth - just look at this thing!  LOL

LOL, nice one, Bob! 

The show starts with Mr Joe Weider coming out to open the show. The audience give him a lot of appriciation.

Here’s a screenshot from the live webcast of Ben:

If you’re not yet watching the live, free webcast, click here to view:

http://webcast.bodybuilding.com/fitshow/2008olympia/webcast/sm/sm.html

Hey, if you’re not yet watching the live webcast of the 2008 Mr. Olympia contest, the pre-show is on right now, and Elaine Goodlad and Kim Lyons are providing some excellent insight and predictions into the Figure Olympia finals starting in a few minutes.

To view, click here:

http://webcast.bodybuilding.com/fitshow/2008olympia/webcast/sm/sm.html

Enjoy the show!