With a week left to go before the 2009 IFBB Orlando Pro (or the official name ‘Europa Show of Champions’, the men’s bodybuilding competitor list is turning to be one of the weakest lineups in a long time, as many of the top bodybuilders are not competing or have already qualified for the Olympia, or waiting for another IFBB show?  Why?

Is it because of the timing this year, in that the IFBB bodybuilding shows were spread out over a few weeks each, instead of them being grouped to enable to competitors to do more than one show. It started with the Ironman Pro, being SIX weeks before the Arnold, and now this show, out in April, with the nearest next big men’s contest afterwards being the New York Pro in late May.

Here is the current list of competitors

Men’s Bodybuilding…

Troy Alves (USA)
Francisco Bautista (Spain)
Raul Carrasco (Spain)
Darrem Charles (Trinidad)
Omar Deckard (USA)
George Farah (USA)
Andy Haman (USA)
Jonathan Rowe (USA)
Frederic Sauvage (France)
Nathan Wonsley (USA)
Hidetada Yamagishi (Japan)

Besides the IFBB Pro Men’s Bodybuilding competitions, there is also an IFBB Pro Figure and Fitness competition, of which the top three in each become qualified to compete in the 2009 Figure and Fitness Olympia. Here are the current competitor lists from each competition, which will be held on April 18th, in Orlando, Florida.

IFBB Pro Fitness competitors include

Maggie Blanchard (USA)
Myriam Capes (Canada)
Tina Durkin (USA)
Ryall Graber (Canada)
Liza Hughes (USA)
Donna Jones (Australia)
Siene Silva (USA)

IFBB Pro Figure Competitors include

Aymara Bernardo (Venezuela)
Monica Brant (USA)
Deanne Brown (Canada)
Natalie Calland (USA)
Rachel Cammon (USA)
Heather Mae French (USA)
Brandie Gardner (USA)
Valerie Haines (USA)
Lisbeth Halikka (Finland)
Alana Hernandez (USA)
Catherine Holland (USA)
Ines Jimenez (Costa Rica)
Cea Anna Kerr (Canada)
Amy Lee Martin (USA)
Petra Mertl (Czech)
Hazal Nelson-Etiz (USA)
Inga Neverauskaite (Lithuania)
Kristin Nunn (USA)
Nicole Pritcher-Scott (United Kingdom)
Marcy Porter (USA)
Stacy Simons (Bermuda)
Erin Stern (USA)
Laura Sutter (USA)
Shelly Taucher (USA)
Natalie Waples (Canada)
Karen Williams (Trinidad)

For more information on the competition, you can go to

http://www.ifbbpro.com/events/2009-europa-show-of-champions-contest-information/