How to Watch the 2025 Mr. Olympia Events | REPLAY

A complete guide on how to watch the 2025 Olympia Events and Expo

The biggest event in all of bodybuilding, the Mr. Olympia contest is finally happening this weekend, Oct 10th – Oct 11th. This is when the best of the best in all 11 divisions in bodybuilding come together to compete for the prestigious Olympia title, the highest award in the sport. It is a weekend full of competition, a full expo for fans to enjoy all things fitness, and so much more.

This year it is staying at the Resorts World Casino in Las Vegas, and the fans are pumped! How and where can you watch it? What is the order of events? Who is qualified? Don’t worry, Generation Iron will be on the ground floor to make sure we have you you covered to watch the 2025 Olympia.

How To Watch The 2025 Olympia

So how exactly can you watch the Mr. Olympia? Olympia promoters are offering a pay-per-view stream for $74.99 on Olympia TV. By signing up on the official site you’ll be able to choose from a few different packages to buy. Then you’ll be able to stream the show from anywhere, so you don’t miss any of the excitement.

Olympia 2025 Viewing Package

With this package, you get coverage of all Olympia Pre-Judging & Finals (Both the Friday, Oct 10th and Saturday, Oct 11th evening Shows). The event is held October 9-12 in Las Vegas, NV. What exactly does this package include? 

• Men’s 212 
• Men’s Physique 
• Women’s Physique
• Classic Physique
• Wheelchair
• Fitness
• Figure
• Bikini
• Wellness
• Ms. Olympia
• Mr. Olympia 
• The Ability to re-watch the show
• Pre and post-event interviews 
• Sunday coverage of the Superstar Seminar
• Amateur Olympia package

The Fan Channel

FREE and Premium streams will bring you the world of Olympia, where you can see legends walk among mortals! Hear predictions and witness rivalries at the Olympia Press Conference, see the stars of fitness up close at Meet the Olympians.

FREE content includes:

• 2025 Olympia Press Conference
• Coverage from the Olympia World Fitness Expo – Two days of coverage when fans mingle with athletes, celebrities and fitness industry pros.

The Fan Channel also includes past events and direct links to purchase Premium and Amateur streams.

Olympia 2025 Breakdown

Men’s Open Preview

The main event of the weekend is the Mr. Olympia Men’s Open competition. Featuring the best competitors from across the world, it is the battle for the biggest title in bodybuilding. This year’s lineup proves to be as competitive as ever. A clash solidifying a new generation and iconic veterans.

The reigning champ Samson Dauda and the former Derek Lunsford will be battling it out this year but there will be plenty of talented bodybuilders fighting for the title. Some big names include competitors like and Andrew Jacked, and many others that have looked nothing short of phenomenal in their updates leading up to this point.

2025 Olympia Men’s Open List of Qualified Competitors

• Brett Wilkin: (USA)
• Samson Dauda: (UK)
• Hadi Choopan: (Iran)
• Derek Lunsford: (USA)
• Rafael Brandao: (Brazil)
• Martin Fitzwater: (USA)
• Akim Williams: (USA)
• Brandon Curry: (USA)
• William Bonac: (Netherlands)
• Vitalii Ugolnikov: (Brazil)
• Chinedu Obiekea: (UAE)
• Nick Walker: (USA)
• Regan Grimes: (Canada)
• Tonio Burton: (USA)
• Sasan Heirati: (United Kingdom)

Classic Physique Overview

Growing in popularity each year, Classic Physique is something you do not want to miss. Reigning champ Chris Bumstead has retired, leaving the title up for grabs. Some big names are former champ Breon Ansley and Urs Kalecinski. It is definitely going to be quite the event!

2025 List of Qualified Classic Physique Olympia Competitors 

• Eric Abelon (USA)
• Yemi Adefioye (United Kingdom)
• Kim Angel (Spain)
• Breon Ansley (USA)
• Franklyn Audu (Canada)
• Justin Badurina (USA)
• Alex Cambronero (USA)
• Yu Bin Chen (Taiwan, China)
• Michael Daboul (United Arab Emirates)
• Niall Darwen (United Kingdom)
• Mahmood Al Durrah (Canada)
• 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 (China)
• 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)
• Ramon Rocha Queiroz (Brazil)
• Luca Reger (Germany)
• Emanuele Ricotti (Italy)
• Terrence Ruffin (USA
• Abdullah Al Sairafi (Kuwait)
• Jesus Rodriguez Sendra (Spain)
• 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)

212 Olympia Preview

The requirements for the Men’s 212, just as the name implies, is that the athlete needs to weigh up to and under 212 Lb (i.e., 96.6 kg) and they must be less than 166cm or 5’5 of height. 

Qualified List of 212 Olympia Competitors

• Radoslav Angelov (Bulgaria)
• Kerrith Bajjo (USA)
• Jose Maria Mete Bueriberi (Spain)
• 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)
• Vitor Alves Porto De Oliveira (Brazil)
• Courage Opara (USA)
• Mazin Al Rahbi (Oman)
• Marco Ruz (France)
• Samir Troudi (Sweden)
• Francisco Barrios Vlk (Brazil)
• Giuseppe Zagarella (Italy)
• Keone Pearson (USA)

Other Olympia Divisions To Watch

We sadly can’t cover every single division preview in one super-sized article. But there are far many more exciting competitions in store for this weekend at the Olympia 2025.

Men’s and Women’s Physique will also be present alongside Figure, Bikini, and Wellness, and we cannot forget the Wheelchair Division. All in all the event makes for a massive 11 divisions present during the weekend event. That means more drama, excitement, and champions to stand in the spotlight.

You can check out the remaining division qualified competitor lists by clicking on the links below!

2025 Men’s Physique Qualified Competitors List

More Qualified Athletes

When to Watch the Olympia

Now you’ve seen how to watch the Olympia, and who all is qualified, but when do the events occur? Specifically the bodybuilding related events, like the press conference, pre-judging, and finals. Let’s cover this!

The Press Conference: Thursday 10/9 at 12:00PM (11:30 VIP entry)

Meet The Olympians: Thursday 10/9 at 8:00PM (7PM VIP entry)

Friday Prejudging: 10/12 at 9:00AM, Pre-judging for: Fitness Olympia, 212 Olympia, Figure Olympia, Women’s Physique, Ms. Olympia, and Wellness Olympia

Friday Finals: 10/12 at 6:00PM, Finals for 212 Olympia, Fitness Olympia, Figure Olympia, Women’s Physique, Ms. Olympia Finals, Wellness, and Mr. Olympia Pre-Judging

Saturday Prejudging: 10/13 at 9:00AM, Pre-judging for Classic Physique, Men’s Physique, Bikini, and then Wheelchair Olympia Pre-Judging & Finals

Saturday Finals: 10/13 at 7:00PM, finals for Mr. Olympia, Men’s Physique, Bikini, and Classic Physique

Sunday Seminar: 10/14 at 11AM

Wrap Up

Overall, there are a lot of events to see during the Mr. Olympia weekend, and Generation Iron will be there in person to provide live updates! A lot of hard work, dedication, blood, sweat, and tears went into prep for this. Watch these amazing athletes showcase what they’ve been working toward all year, and see which one will take the crown!

Which events are you most excited to see?

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