Mr. Olympia 2025 Preview: Lineup, Divisions & Predictions

The 2025 IFBB Pro League Olympia is shaping up to be one of the most exciting competitions in recent memory. In what’s been an extraordinary build-up, we’ve had shock wins, amazing updates, and competitors jumping up several divisions. 

Current Mr. Olympia, Samson Dauda, was sensationally beaten by previous champion, Derek Lunsford, in an epic Arnold Classic showdown. Urs Kalecinski, touted as a future Classical star, moved up to Open Class and won two shows. Forgotten mass monster Nick Walker has shared some incredible updates after narrowly being beaten by Derek earlier this year.

For the first time in several years, there really is no clear favorite. Take a look at the top 10 competitors, and you could arguably pick 5 different champions. 

Will Samson make it two in a row, or will a completely new champion step forward? Here’s our IFBB Olympia 2025 preview, including the qualified athletes and our predictions before the big day.

2025 Mr. Olympia Lineup For All Divisions

Mr. Olympia

• William Bonac (Netherlands).
• Tonio Burton (USA).
• Hadi Choopan (Iran).
• Brandon Curry (USA)
• Samson Dauda (UK).
• Martin Fitzwater (USA).
• Regan Grimes (Canada),
• Dorian Haywood (USA).
• Sasan Heirati (UK).
• Jordan Hutchinson (USA).
• Urs Kalecinski (Germany).
• Derek Lunsford (USA).
• Rubiel Mosquera (Colombia).
• Chinedu Obiekea (UAE).
• Chenglong Shen (China).
• Behrooz Tabani (Iran)
• Vitalii Ugolnikov (Brazi).
• Nick Walker (USA).
• Brett Wilkin (USA).
• Akim Williams (USA).

212 Olympia

• Mazin Al Rahbi (Oman).
• Vitor Alves Porto De Oliveira (Brazil).
• Radoslav Angelov (Bulgaria).
• Kerrith Bajjo (USA).
• Francisco Barrios Vlk (Brazi).l
• Shaun Clarida (USA).
• Lucas Coelho (Brazil).
• Luiz Esteves Brazil).
• Lucas Garcia Brazil).
• Zhaofeng He China).
• Roman Iushchenko (Ukraine).
• Sung Yeop Jang (South Korea).
• Nihat Kaya (Turkey).
• Ching Chieh Lin (Taiwan, China).
• Frankie Mercado (USA).
• Jose Maria Mete Bueriberi (Spain).
• Courage Opara (USA).
• Keone Pearson (USA).
• Marco Ruz (France).
• Samir Troudi (Sweden).
• Giuseppe Zagarella (Italy).

Classic Physique Olympia

• Eric Abelon (USA).
• Yemi Adefioye (UK).
• Mahmood Al Durrah (Canada).
• Abdullah Al Sairafi (Kuwait).
• Kim Angel (Spain).
• Breon Ansley (USA).
• Franklyn Audu (Canada).
• Justin Badurina (USA).
• Alex Cambronero (USA).
• Yu Bin Chen (Taiwan, China).
• Michael Daboul (UAE).
• Niall Darwen (UK).
• Meysam Esggandari (Iran).
• Austin Espy (USA).
• Sabur Favors (USA).
• Logan Franklin (USA).
• Fanni Fuadi (Indonesia).
• Diego Galindo (Colombia).
• Sunmeet Gill (India).
• Matthew Greggo (USA).
• Fabio Junio (Brazil).
• Chen Kang (China).
• Paul Kanu (Sierra Leone).
• Kyrylo Khadaiev (Ukraine).
• Eric Wildberger Lisboa (Brazil).
• Kai Liu (China).
• Livingstone Livinho (Brazil).
• Miguel Malimo (Mozambique).
• Andrea Mammoli (Italy).
• Horse Marcello (Brazil).
• Fabian Mayr (Austria).
• Matheus Menegate (Brazil).
• Kenny Moreira (Brazil).
• Josema Munoz (Spain).
• Mohameed Murshed (Iraq).
• Richard Nagy (Hungary).
• Phil Niu (USA).
• Andy Paredes (USA).
• Jaehun Park (South Korea).
• Seonghun Park (South Korea).
• German Pastor (Spain).
• Damien Patrick (USA).
• Gabriel Pereira (Brazil).
• Zhivko Petkov (Bulgaria).
• Valentin Petrov (Bulgaria).
• Luca Reger (Germany).
• Emanuele Ricotti (Italy).
• Ramon Rocha Queiroz (Brazil).
• Jesus Rodriguez Sendra (Spain).
• Terrence Ruffin (USA).
• Daryn Shirbayev (Kazakhstan).
• Mike Sommerfeld (Germany).
• Reiner Stimmler (Germany).
• Patrick Teutsch (Germany).
• Kai Wang (China).
• Kellen Wilson (Canada).
• Piotr Wojtowicz (Poland).
• Anand Yadav (India).
• Mustafa Yildiz (Turkey).

Men’s Physique Olympia

• Amit Agre (India).
• Dustin Alvis (USA).
• Carlos Asiedu Ocran (Ghana).
• Yemi Awoyemi (UK).
• Erin Banks (USA).
• Christopher Barr (USA).
• Diogo Basaglia (Brazil).
• Ali Bilal (Afghanistan).
• Dallas Botchway (Ghana).
• Jeremy Buendia (USA).
• Steven Cao (USA).
• Alessandro Cavagnola (Italy).
• Ricardo Cenat (USA).
• Vitor Chaves (Brazil).
• Bong Seok Choi (South Korea).
• Rhyan Clark (USA).
• Emerson Costa (Brazil).
• Emmanuel Costa (Brazil).
• Riccardo Croci (Italy).
• Drew Cullen (USA).
• Jeffrey Darko (Ghana).
• Andrei Deiu (Romania).
• Aj Ellison (USA).
• Feilikesi Famuwagun (China).
• Andre Ferguson (USA).
• Mauro Fialho (Spain).
• Sotiris Gatsis (Greece).
• Reuben Glass (USA).
• Juan Gochez (USA).
• Felipe Goncalves (Brazil).
• Guilherme Gualberto (Brazil).
• Paul Gustave (France).
• Joseph Haekyum Lee (USA).
• Juxian He (China).
• Brandon Hendrickson (USA).
• Emanual Hunter (USA).
• Jason Huynh (USA).
• Farouq Ishimoto (Japan).
• Miroslav Juricek (Czech Republic).
• Mehdi Kabbadj (USA).
• Shun Kaneko (Japan).
• Hossein Karimi (Iran).
• Isai Kesek (Indonesia).
• Ozcan Kirant (Turkey).
• Yoon Sung Lee (South Korea).
• Jinbo Li (China).
• Jefferson Lima (Brazil).
• Mengyi Liu (China).
• Benquil Marigny (USA).
• Titus Mbayoh (Canada).
• Corey Morris (USA).
• Rafael Oliveira (Brazil).
• Burak Ozkul (Turkey).
• Edvan Palmeira (Brazil).
• Manoj Patil (India).
• Chao Peng (China).
• Elton Pinto Mota (Portugal).
• Sidy Pouye (Spain).
• Victor Ramirez (Venezuela).
• Alexander Rogers (USA).
• Joven Sagabain (Philippines).
• Tyler Smith (UK).
• Julio Soares (Brazil).
• Omar Suleiman (UK).
• Junpei Taguchi (Japan).
• Ryan Terry (UK).
• Jo Uezato (Japan).
• Leonardo Vecchiato (Italy).
• Vincius Mateus Viera Lima (Brazil).
• Lucas Viudes (Brazil).
• Deke Walker (UK).
• Emile Walker (UK).
• Heng Zhao (China).

Wheelchair Olympia

• Gabriele Andriulli (Italy).
• Josue Fabiano Barretto Monteiro (Brazil).
• James Berger (USA).
• Oscar Gonzalez Gil (Spain).
• Brayden Hofman (Canada).
• Rajesh John (India).
• Antonio Matkovic (Brazil).
• Jason Metcalf (USA).
• Kevin Secundino (France).
• Ravinder Singh (India).
• Cosmo Trikes (USA).

Ms. Olympia

• Alcione Santos Barreto (Brazil).
• Leyvina Barros (Brazil).
• Nadia Capotosto (Italy).
• Chelsea Dion (USA).
• Tiana Flex (South Africa).
• Selyka Givan (USA).
• Hunter Henderson (USA).
• Ashley Lynnette Jones (USA).
• Anastasia Korableva (Romania).
• Natalia Kovaleva (USA).
• Martina Lopez (Spain).
• Andrea Shaw (USA).
• Melissa Teich (USA).
• Angela Yeo (USA).

Fitness Olympia

• Jaclyn Baker (USA).
• Anna Fomina (USA).
• Michelle Fredua-Mensah (UK).
• Andrea Glass (USA).
• Amy Hamilton (Spain).
• Allison Kramer (USA).
• Taylor Learmont (Canada).
• Amber Steffen (USA).
• Tamara Vahn (Canada).
• Jenny Worth (USA).
• Jessica Zehr (Canada).

Figure Olympia

• Dorethane Agathina (Germany).
• Ayra Bahar (Germany).
• Kristina Bodnariuk (Russia).
• Anna Borin (Ukraine).
• Thais Cabrices Werner (USA).
• Sherlyn Chee (Indonesia).
• Maria Diaz (USA).
• Rhea Gayle (UK).
• Rejoice Godwin (Spain).
• Nicole Zenobia Graham (USA).
• Sandra Grajales (Mexico).
• Nadine Claudia Huber (Germany).
• Sophie Jenkins (UK).
• Manuella Lima (Brazil).
• Tamera Malone (USA).
• Lola Montez (Canada).
• Chelsea Mooney (Canada).
• Ericka Morgan (Guatemala).
• Adela Ondrejovicova (Slovakia).
• Lena Ramsteiner (Germany).
• Jessica Reyes Padilla (Puerto Rico).
• Taylor Santucci (USA).
• Natalia Soltero (Mexico).
• Missy Truscott (USA).
• Aksana Yukhno (USA).
• Helen Zavitsanou (Greece).
• Jennifer Zienert (Germany).
• Denise Zwinger-Tynek (Germany).

Bikini Olympia 

• Maria Acosta (USA).
• Vania Auguste (USA).
• Iulia Baba (Romania).
• Uyanga Bataa (Mongolia).
• Wu Bi (China).
• Liang Bin (China).
• Maureen Blanquisco (Philippines).
• Jordan Brannon (USA).
• Ariana Brothers (USA).
• Nivea Campos (Brazil).
• Kate Carroll (New Zealand).
• Lauralie Chapados (Canada).
• Xinyi Chen (China).
• Sara Choi (South Korea).
• Lu Corzo (Argentina).
• Taylor Crowell (USA).
• Viktoria Csicsayova (Hungary).
• Deanna Dang (USA).
• Aimee Delgado (USA).
• Wenjun Duan (China).
• Marie-Eve Duchesneau (Canada).
• Lawna Dunbar (USA).
• Ivanna Escandar (Spain).
• Valeria Fedorenko (Ukraine).
• Jess Feeney (Ireland).
• Brittany Gillespie (USA).
• Jasmine Gonzalez (USA).
• Gulsah Gorgulu (Turkey).
• Tara Grier (USA).
• Ashley Hampton (USA).
• Kerryne Henich (USA).
• Chantal Hill (Spain).
• Dahye Jeon (South Korea).
• Adrianna Kaczmarek (Poland).
• Ashley Kaltwasser (USA).
• Sally-Anne Kato (Japan).
• Nittaya Kongthun (Thailand).
• Lauren Kralovec (USA).
• Yume Kurokawa (Japan).
• Jourdanne Lee (Canada).
• Adair Libbrecht (Canada).
• Ashlyn Little (USA).
• Jessica Liu (Canada).
• Alice Marchisio (Italy).
• Zsofia Molnar (Hungary).
• Ndeye Ndour (USA).
• Yurika Noda (USA).
• Cristobalina Pajares Torres (Spain).
• Hye-Yeon Park (South Korea).
• Ji Bin Park (South Korea).
• Reyna Perez Mecalco (Mexico).
• Sara Punzetti (Italy).
• Sharon Ramos (Dominican Republic).
• Lisa Reith (Germany).
• Alice Rocha (USA).
• Lacy Rutland (USA).
• Jil Meret Schmitz (Thailand).
• Anna Setlak (Italy).
• Kerry Sexton (UK).
• Eugenia Shatova (Russia).
• Li Shuai (China).
• Allison Testu (France).
• Patrizia Vaccaro (Italy).
• Ally Vatthauer (USA).
• Savannah Watchman (USA).
• Tianna Weymouth (USA).
• Jessica Wilson (USA).
• Mengru Zhang (China).

Women’s Physique Olympia 

• Natalia Abraham Coelho (USA).
• Birgit Andersch (Austria).
• Elena Aviles Romero (Spain).
• Zama Benta (Brazil).
• Sarah Crail (Australia).
• Julia Glazycheva (Russia).
• Sheronica Henton (USA).
• Brittany Herrera (USA).
• Amanda Machado (USA).
• Robyn Mays (USA).
• Barbara Menage (France).
• Meghan Morrison (USA).
• Evon Pennington (USA).
• Trisha Pollydore (Canada).
• Paula Ranta (Finland).
• Nana Silva (Brazil).
• Karla Melissa Torres Cruz (Mexico).
• Sarah Villegas (USA).

Wellness Olympia

• Wynter Addams (UK).
• Elisa Alcantara (Dominican Republic).
• Emily Azzarello (Canada).
• Eduarda Bezerra (Brazil).
• Karol Borrero (Colombia).
• Leonida Ciobu (Moldova).
• Jade Cristaldo (Spain).
• Klaudia Vanessza Csuri (Hungary).
• Raeli Dias (Brazil).
• Rayane Fogal (Brazil).
• Kassandra Gillis (Canada).
• Shanique Grant (USA).
• Michelle Ibata (Brazil).
• Liza Kazanina (Ukraine).
• Valquiria Lopes (Brazil).
• Camile Luz (Brazil).
• Giselle Machado (Brazil).
• Lisa Meiswinkel (Germany).
• Daniele Mendonca (Brazil).
• Lilian Nava (Mexico).
• Alexis Nicole (USA).
• Isabelle Nunes (Brazil).
• Maria Rita Penteado (USA).
• Tefani-Sam Genadi Razhi (USA).
• Rosemary Rodriguez (Paraguay).
• Alicia Romero (Spain).
• Nicole Salazar (Costa Rica).
• Isamara Santos (Brazil).
• Renata Soares Guaraciaba (Brazil).
• Sina Maria Teresa (Angola).
• Danai Theodoropoulou (Australia).

My Predictions And Expectations

There’s been a wide range of Mr. Olympia winners stretching over 60 years, with no shortage of shocks and upsets. Some years have prioritized the mass monsters, while others have focused on conditioning and stage presence. 

With Samson Dauda taking his first Olympia title, the show organizers have started to favor the bigger athletes. However, the previous years gave titles to smaller athletes, including Hadi Choopan, who is well-known for his incredible conditioning.

My Predictions

I’ve watched the Olympia for the last 15 years or so, covering it as a writer for the past three. I’d like to think that I’m fairly experienced and could give a good, educated guess on the athlete’s placings. However, this year, I’m excited to admit that I’m really undecided on who’s going to take the title.

If you look at previous Olympia’s and the build-up to this year’s event, it’s hard to know who to focus on. Hadi Choopan took the 2022 title, showcasing incredible conditioning on a much smaller frame than most of his competitors. Derek Lunsford took the following year’s title, also as a smaller athlete, with an amazing mix of shape and conditioning.

However, Samson Dauda, the current Mr. Olympia, was the biggest athlete on stage by some margin last year. His conditioning was good, but definitely not as good as Hadi’s or even Derek’s, who came second and third, respectively.

With the judging criteria continually changing, it’s really hard to make a firm decision on this year’s competition. Add in the return of Nick Walker and the rise of Urs Kalecinski, and it’s anyone’s guess.

Even so, here are my top five predictions for this year’s Open Division:

1. Samson Dauda (UK).
2. Derek Lunsford (USA).
3. Hadi Choopan (Iran).
4. Nick Walker (USA).
5. Martin Fitzwater (USA).

I’m pretty confident that these will be the top five athletes based on their updates and previous competitions. However, I’m finding it really hard to decide the order. 

If Samson can bring better conditioning, I think he’ll win again based on his recent update. However, Derek’s recent victory at the Arnold puts a few doubts into my head. Hadi always has amazing conditioning and will definitely be in the conversation for the top three or even the win.

The main question mark centers around Nick Walker. He looked Amazing at the Pittsburgh Pro, narrowly losing to Derek. He then earned his Olympia qualification at the New York Pro, again looking much improved from previous years.

After missing the last two Olympia’s due to injury, it’s really hard to decide where he’ll place. If I’m going off his updates, it could even be the top three. In around two weeks, we’ll find out if I’m correct!

How To Watch The Olympia 2025

Whether you’re attending in person or watching from home, here’s how you can keep up to date with every event. The Olympia is truly a bodybuilding spectacle, with something for everyone in what promises to be an action-packed event.

Detailed Schedule 

The Mr. Olympia schedule 2025 runs from Monday, October 6, 2025, to Sunday, October 12, 2025. The main prejudging and finals events are being held on Friday, October 10, and Saturday, October 11. The other days are dedicated to the Amateur events, fitness expo, and various press conferences and meet-ups.

• The Men’s Open Prejudging begins on Friday, October 10, at the end of the 6:00 pm evening session.
• The Open finals take place on Saturday, October 11, in the 7:00 pm evening session.

The table below gives you a full breakdown of the Olympia schedule, including event times and descriptions.

Event Coverage And Tickets

Tickets for the 2025 Mr. Olympia can be purchased through the official Mr. Olympia website, using their dedicated ticketing partner AXS. Here’s a breakdown of the ticket options and prices.

No refunds will be given on ticket orders once purchased. These tickets are for the finals events only and do not include entry to the Olympia Expo event. Tickets for this event will need to be purchased separately on the Official Ticketing Page.

If you can’t attend in person, you can purchase the Official Olympia Livestream through the OlympiaTV website. Tickets cost $74.99 for the Official Viewing Package.

Conclusion

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll know that this year’s Olympia promises to be like no other before it. We’ve had shock wins, competitors changing divisions, and lots of incredible athlete updates in what’s been an amazing year. 

With a record-breaking prize fund and everything to play for, excitement grows with just under two weeks left until the big day. Truly, anything could happen in what promises to be an incredible competition. 

Keep checking our website as we bring you the breaking updates following our Olympia 2025 contest preview. We’ll be eagerly ready as the results develop, making sure that you don’t miss a single moment.

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