Here are my prejudging notes:
1) Oliver Adzievski - not a great rear V-taper, but nice front, tight abs, with well-shaped quads
2) Jason Arntz - sadly, looks 'boxy' compared to the 1st guy, but excellent side chest & rear double bi; delts look odd, abs not deeply etched
3) Thomas Benagli - awesome, period, but not totally shredded up top...quads are nicely defined, but lack outer sweep
4) Eryk Bui - great side chest, but holding a LOT of water, most noticeably in his midsection...smooth abs
5) Darrem Charles - unreal arms and side chest, his upper body is beyond unreal - smallish calves, though, and quads lack outer sweep
6) Derik Farnsworth - abs not holding up during front poses, very nice lower back, didn't get his quads quite as tight as he wanted, but their shape RULES
7) Miguel Filho - like a bronze statue, but hamstrings look a little smooth - no other weaknesses, lots of strengths from top to bottom - callouts weren't favorable, but he has the package necessary to crack into that top group of IFBB men
Kai Greene - small guy, but nice bicep peaks...good quads, but has his hair up in a bun
9) Marcus Haley - nice overall aesthetic, but when you look closely, he may need gyno surgery and definitely needs more upper chest thickness
10) Phil Heath - nothing short of excellent throughout...better quads than Darrem Charles, but calves are about the same
11) David Henry - WOW, shredded from the rear, and if his quads had maybe 1-2 more inches, he'd be tops...they wouldn't be able to deny him then
12) Milton Holloway - little guy, but only real weakness is the calves - has a nice, tiny waist
13) Ken Jones - hair issues, but in decent enough shape - nice side tricep, but beginning to show his age a little
14) Rod Ketchens - *huge* guy, tough to judge in this field, abdomen looks distended, but there's a ton of muscle on his physique
15) Jeff "Box" Long - other than his abs being a
little smooth, it's tough to see a weakness
16) Evgeny Mishin - unbelievable pecs, nice lat width
17) Johnny Moya - ripped to shreds, grainy all over...the crowd really appreciated that
18) JoJo Ntiforo - still among the most symmetrical big guys out there, perfect taper, small joints heighten the illusion, didn't bring the quads/hams quite as tight as he wanted, but will still place solidly
19) Dragan Paunovic - another strong Euro...with calves
20) Manfred Petautschnig - nice quad/hamstring tie-in on the side view...in fact, all his side poses are great, but unfortunately, his waist is a little wide
21) Edson Prado - wowed everyone - never heard of this Brazilian before, but everyone will know him after this show
22) Heinz Senior - has a lot of work to do, starting with getting rid of the pastel lavendar trunks
23) Rodney St. Cloud - ripped, with great delts - he's a solid top-10 placer and could sneak up as high as 6th
24) Gary Strydom - you HAVE to be impressed with his level of conditioning and muscle volume, but there's something going on with that left shoulder...looks like it could be the result of an old injury, but whatever the reason, that shoulder drop destroys his symmetry - he got great callouts just the same, though, and is definitely one of the fan favorites
25) Bill Wilmore - Big B-Dub is darn good this weekend, and just needs calves - everything else is ready...he's every bit as good as was expected when he joined the pro ranks
26) Fabrizio Zittucro - mmm...he missed his peak
27) Troy Alves - this is the guy the PDI
should solicit - he has such an aesthetically pleasing physique that flows so well, but I just don't see him being able to consistently place in the top 5 of IFBB events, which is a shame
28) Martin Kjellstrom - the Swede is huge, has good shapes, but is just not defined enough from the rear to really challenge this time around - because of his tremendous size, if he's ever able to completely nail his conditioning, he'll make some noise in future events
29) Vejic Zoran - cool name
I know my feeling isn't the popular one, but I've got Dave Henry 1st, followed by Phil Heath 2nd and Darrem Charles 3rd.
I'd place Miguel Filho 4th.