[Lineski]

I know some of you guys posted your predictions in another thread but I figured we'd get an official one going, especially since we've probably seen all the pictures from competitors we're going to see until the day of the show. Below is the competitors list and my own top 5...I'd like to hear you guys post yours.

Competitor's List
Oliver Adzievski
Troy Alves
Mo Anouti
Pablo Arevalo
Paul Baker
Chris Cook
Kris Dim
Andy Dinetta
Mark Dugdale
Moe Elmoussawi
Tamer Elshahat
Derik Farnsworth
Toney Freeman
Kai Greene
Ahmad Haidar
David Henry II
Heiko Kallbach
Martin Kjellstrom
Evgeny Mishin
Mustafa Mohammad
Ian Morgan
Ntuk Ntuk
Dragan Pavnovic
Arnaud Plaisant
Lee Priest
Armin Scholz
Rodney St. Cloud
Heinz Senior
Emmanouil Tzinidis
Nathaniel Wonsley
Hidetada Yamagishi

Lineski's Predictions
1. Troy Alves - with the added mass he's sported in recent photos and shape that won him 8th place in his Olympia debute in 2003, Troy certaintly has all the pieces to win this show. He looked great at last year's IM and easily could've finished higher. With slightly more mass, he may do just that. Oh, I hear he's a nice guy too.

2. Lee Preist - Lee looks incredible in his preview pictures and I am very happy he is willing to share them with the BBing community. It looks like he's finally gotten his dieting down permenantly, proving last years incredible conditioning is was no fluke.

3. Mark Dugdale - Always hard as nails on stage and it appears that like Troy, he's added quality mass since his last competition. Many contest he should've placed higher at last year's IM and AC so this very well may be his redemption contest. Some of the best legs in the sport support a very balanced, crisp upper body. Best of luck to this family man!

4. Mustafa Mohammad - Mustafa can really finish anywhere from here on up; easily. We all know it's about conditioning with him and a "best ever" version of him could win the show. His three week out pics looked good but it's hard to gauge actual condition in a tank top and shorts.

5. Toney Freeman - Looks incredible, even Colemanesque, with his new mass, I just think it might take more time for the judges to get accustom to this newer, larger Toney Freeman. The best midsection around on one of the big boys, he's surely going to have a breakout year.

This was honestly a very difficult list to make for me and I couldn't find place in my top 5 for Haidar, Henry, Armin, Kris, or Cook; all top level pros. By far the strongest IM contest in a long time and pretty much anything can happen in these final days. Goodluck to all!

[thug_life]

1. Troy Alves
2.Lee priest
3.David henry
4.Toney freeman
5.Mark dugdale
6.Cris Cook

[musclefreak]

My predictions...

1. Troy Alves - Looks fuller and huge!
2. Lee Priest - Although he is always in good condition, he still is short...
3. Armin Scholz - Should place in the top 5, has a great physique
4. Mustafa - Great physique, specially torso and legs.
5. Chris Cook - Has great simmetry but needs more mass

Also maybe in the top five: Dugdale, Freeman, Kris Dim. The latter needs to improve his legs and will start kicking ass.

[garam]

1. Lee Priest
2. Troy Alves
3. Mustafa Mohammad
4. Armin Scholz
5. Kris Dim

[patdiddy]

I have Lee taking the title with second up for grabs between Troy and Mark.
Hopefully Kris gets a good placing here.........

[evil]

1.Troy
2.Lee
3.Mustafa
4.Haidar
5.Freeman

[Fry]

Mustafa will win

[hypocrisy86]

1.Lee priest or Alves.

[dgentry]

^^^ Agreed.

[big_DuuuDE]

1. Lee Priest
The real battle is who is on second, who is on third.
It's all in the conditioning on the day.

[silver02ws6]

Lee and troy for the 1 and 2 spot which comes in first depends on who is conditioned better that day IMO

[kaw0346]

1. Troy Alves 2. Lee Priest 3. Mark Dugdale 4. David Henry 5. Mustafa

[Pain]

1.Troy Avles
2.Lee Priest

[skywalker]

1. Lee Priest
2. Troy Alves
3. Ahmad Haidar
4. Mustafa Mohammad
5. David Henry II