Just some weeks out from certainly one of bodybuilding’s largest annual reveals, the friends becoming a member of Dennis James on “The Menace Podcast” have forged their votes on who will place within the prime 6 — and a transparent favourite is rising.
James, who has competed in an astonishing 11 Mr. Olympia contests was joined by Milos Sarcev, Chris Cormier, and British bodybuilder “The Big Dea” on Jan. 24, 2025 (Episode 216) as they lined a spread of bodybuilding’s newest developments. Prime of the checklist was the panels evolving picks for who will stroll out of the Arnold Basic 2025 with the winner’s trophy, and a cool half-a-million {dollars}.
Right here’s how the precise placings panned out final 12 months:
Arnold Basic 2024 outcomes
- 1) Hadi Choopan
- 2) Samson Dauda
- 3) Rafael Brandao
- 4) Jonathan Delerosa
- 5) James Hollingshead
- 6) Akim Williams
And these have been the panel’s newest picks for this 12 months:
Chris Cormier’s Arnold Basic 2025 picks
- 1) Derek Lunsford
- 2) Samson Dauda
- 3) Andrew Jacked
- 4) Shaun Clarida
- 5) Carlos Thomas Jr
- 6) Brandon Curry
Milos Sarcev’s Arnold Basic 2025 picks
- 1) Samson Dauda
- 2) Andrew Jacked
- 3) Derek Lunsford
- 4) Shaun Clarida
- 5) Brandon Curry
- 6) William Bonac
Huge Dea’s Arnold 2025 picks
- 1) Samson Dauda
- 2) Andrew Jacked
- 3) Derek Lunsford
- 4) Carlos Thomas Jr
- 5) Shaun Clarida
- 6) Brandon Curry
Dennis James Arnold 2025 picks
- 1) Samson Dauda
- 2) Andrew Jacked
- 3) Derek Lunsford
- 4) Brandon Curry
- 5) Shaun Clarida
- 6) Carlos Thomas Jr or William Bonac
With three out of the 4 votes inserting him first on the Arnold 2025, Samson Dauda has unsurprisingly emerged because the clear favourite. “Samson is coming off the Olympia, I believe he’s on a task,” explains James of his alternative. “I believe he’ll do what Mr Olympia is meant to do. Come again and win.”
The blokes additionally predicted massive issues for Andrew Jacked after a disappointing Olympia look final 12 months, and a possible shock from Brandon Curry who’s trying large proper now, however James feared that there could also be “too many cooks” in Derek Lunsford camp as of late, so it is going to be attention-grabbing to see which model of himself arrives in Columbus, Ohio.
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