THE world’s best male bodybuilders are going to be back in action as the time for Mr Olympia 2025 has come.
The most muscular and bronzed that the world has to offer will take to the stage in Las Vegas in a bid to be crowned the best of the best in bodybuilding.
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When is Mr Olympia 2025?
The top competitors in the bodybuilding world will descend upon Las Vegas this weekend, on Saturday, October 11 for Mr Olympia.
The event will be taking place in the Las Vegas Convention Centre.
Pre-judging kicks off at 9:30am on Saturday, all before the finals get underway at 7pm.
How to watch Mr Olympia 2025?
UK viewers will have difficulty finding Mr Olympia on any mainstream tele channel, though.
That’s because the event will not be televised, but can be watched live via OlympiaTV.
The event will be pay-per-view (PPV) and will be available for $74.99.
How much is the Mr Olympia 2025 prize money?
Following an unprecedented increase in the prize pot, there is now a life-changing amount of money on the line for the ripped winner.
Mr Olympia has increased the already massive prize purse from $1.8m, reflecting a direct financial competition with other major shows and it proves how at the top tier in the events there’s a real injection of money.
As a result, the prize purse is now a whopping $2m and will be divided amongst the 11 divisions at the event, with $600,00 going to the Mr Olympia victor.
AlamyThe event prize pot increased to $2m for this year’s event.[/caption]
For the others who podium, they’ll still receive a massive $250,000 for second and $100,000 for third.
For the other divisions, the prize is a lot more modest, with the women’s categories and the remaining men’s taking $50,000 as the top prize.
Who are the top competitors at Mr Olympia 2025?
The 2025 edition of the bodybuilding competition is set to be a thriller with the fierce rivalry between Samson Dauda, Hadi Choopan, and Derek Lunsford expected to reach the next level.
Choopan missed out on the Arnold Classic, which gave Lunsford the opportunity to take the win, setting him up to be a potential threat for the title.
Samson Dauda could threaten Choopan and Lunsford in the final
Dauda is also in the best physical shape of his career, although was beaten at the Classic, leaving him with a bone to pick against Lunsford.
GettyHadi Choopan won Mr Olympia in 2022[/caption]
And so, while Dauda and Choopan can’t be forgotten, Lunsford is coming off the back of a win and has put in the work to improve himself and his body to finally take the Olympia title and put his name in the history books.
Elsewhere, the women’s competition is also set to be an exciting event.
This year’s Ms Olympia fans are watching for Andrea Shaw. She is a force to be reckoned with, after she won her first Ms Olympia title at her debut in 2020, beating other Olympia veterans like Helle Trevino, Mayla Ash, and Maggie Martin.
The Women’s Open division has increased in popularity during this dominance by Shaw. However, she has a bit of competition this year if she wants to upgrade that to a five-year dominance.
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