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Five IFBB Pro Shows are going to be held this weekend in Dallas, Texas at the Dallas Convention Center, along with an NPC contest too. The pro debut of Mark Alvisi and Cedric McMillan will occur, as well as having some of the top figure and bikini pro competitors. We are looking forward to some great contests. Here are the tentative competitor lists of the 2010 Europa Super Show Dallas. 2010 Europa Super Show Dallas Pro Men’s Open Competitor List 1- Mark Alvisi (USA) 2- Lee Apperson (USA) 3- Grigori Atoyan (USA) 4- Gus Carter (USA) 5- Brandon Curry (USA) 6- Omar Deckard (USA) 7- Constantinos Demetriou (Australia) 8- Oscar Dexter (Tahiti) 9- Tamer Elshahat (Egypt) 10- Miguel Filho (Brazil) 11- Leo Ingram Jr. (USA) 12- Randy Jackson Sr. (USA) 13- Manolis Karamanlakis (Greece) 14- Michael Kefalianos (Australia) 15- Marc LaVoie (Canada) 16- Manuel Lomeli (Mexico) 17- Jeff Long (USA) 18- Cedrick McMillan (USA) 19- Alexandre Nataf (France) 20- JoJo Nitforo (USA) 21- Essa Ibrahim Obiad (United Arab Emerites) 22- Shawn Rhoden (USA) 23- Markus Ruhl (Germany) 24- Joel stubbs (USA) 25- Alfonso Del Rio Valencia (Spain) 26- Phil Von Kaenel (Switzerland) 27- Ben White (USA) 28- Bill Wilmore (USA)…

News Release regarding this weekend’s NPC USA contest in Las Vegas. The Following Athlete’s Are Required To Participate In The NPC NEWS Photo Shoot With J.M. Manion On Sunday, August 1st, at The Embassy Suites Hotel From 9 a.m. To 12 Noon: • MEN’S OVERALL WINNER • WOMEN’S OVERALL WINNER • THE 6 FIGURE HEIGHT CLASS WINNERS • THE 6 BIKINI HEIGHT CLASS WINNERS Only The 4 Overall Winners Are To Bring Their Overall Trophies. The Men’s & Women’s Overall Winners Are To Bring Their Posing Suit & Posing Oil. The 6 Bikini & 6 Figure Height Class Winners Are To Bring Their 2-Piece Competition Suits Along With Any Other 2-Piece Bikini’s. All Competitors Please Plan Accordingly With Your Travel Plans.

Here is the tentative NPC USA competitor list for the 2010 NPC USA’s, for men’s bodybuilding, thanks to promoter Jon Lindsay. It looks like it is going to be a great contest. For competitor lists on Figure and Bikini competitor lists, click on the links after the men’s list. Bantamweight Jonathon Bareng Magellan Damaso John Fama Ron Hackaspker Paul Howe Albert Lalonde John Ligsay Jimmy Nguyen Kimo Sevillo James Shumpert Henry Urango Lightweight Fernando Abaco Roland Allen Santiago Aragon Marc Bennett Tony Boone Tony Botelho John Caruso Dickens Fenelon Delfin Ignacio Rob Kailany Nhon Ly Cody Mack Drew Malate Leonardo Pacheco Art Shahazarian Carlo Villesenda Alan Watari Welterweight Jacob Auzenne Bret Bradshaw Joe Bustamante Craig Jones Steve Karnya Joshua Katz Morris Pruett Pete Rayner Bryan Renshaw Daniel Rocha Jesse Sabater Luis Santa Tim Ward Brandon Williams Duane Williams Middleweight Thomas Arnone Kelly Bautista Brandon Burrows Sylvester Cain Carlito Camat Matt Christianer Michael Cotton Brien Dawson Guillermo Escalante James Gipson Danny Hester Andry Israel Jason Joseph Edgar Petrosian Vincent Que Andrew Rasmussen Jose Rivera Neko Roberson Julius Rumingan Stoil Stoilov Ronald Torres Scott Turner Malachi Walker Light-Heavyweight Al Auguste Mike Best William Blair Frank Castillega Pete Ciccone Brad Davis Joshua Fred…

This upcoming weekend is going to be an incredible weekend with some great contests all various states. The 2010 IFBB/NPC Europa Battle of Champions is going to be held in Hartford, Connecticut, and will feature 5 IFBB contests and an NPC show (IFBB competitor lists were listed a few days ago on Getbig Headlines). Ed & Betty Pariso always put on a great competition, complete with an expo. In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the 2010 NPC Teen, Collegiate and Masters National Championships (bodybuilding, figure and fitness) is going to be a huge contest, with over 430 competitors to date. This is where the best of the best in teens, collegiate and masters compete for top honors. Gary Udit is the promoter and does a tremendous job. And in the Los Angeles area, the 2010 NPC Los Angeles Championships are being held in Culver City, with some incredible competitors. This is the contest in which we see a preview to the NPC USA, which is going to be held a week later in Las Vegas. Promoter Jon Lindsay is the man behind the action at both of these shows. Here is a flyer for the NPC Los Angeles. See you there.

The IFBB Tampa Pro show brought quite a few surprises in terms of competitors and placings, but on the heels of Tampa, comes another 5 IFBB Pro Contests. Here is the tentative pro lineup (not final lists) for the 2010 Europa Battle of Champions, set for July 23-24, in Hartford, Connecticut. 2010 Europa Battle of Champions Mens Open 1 – Serdar Aktolga (Turkey) 2 – Troy Alves (USA) 3 – Damaso Chacon (Venezuela) 4 – Darrem Charles (Trinidad) 5 – Oscar Dexter (Tahiti) 6 – Oleg Emelyanov (USA) 7 – Erik Fankhouser (USA) 8 – George Farah (USA) 9 – Leo Ingram Jr. (USA) 10 – Johnnie Jackson (USA) 11 – Emro Karaduzovic (Montenegro) 12 – Michael Kefalianos (Australia) 13 – Michael Liberatore (USA) 14 – Jeff Long (USA) 15 – Alexandre Nataf (France) 16 – Ed Nunn (USA) 17 – Ben White (USA) 2010 Europa Battle of Champions Mens 202lb and under 1 – Feliz Abiu (USA) 2 – Anthony Finocchiaro (USA) 3 – Wendell Floyd (USA) 4 – David Henry (USA) 5 – Tim Martin (USA) 6 – Luc Molines (France) 7 – Frederic Sauvage (France) 2010 Europa Battle of Champions Women’s Bodybuilding 1 – Lisette Acevedo (USA)…

Updates are live and up to date on the Twitter Account regarding what is going on at the IFBB Tampa Pro contest. We have put together a special twitter page just for any up to the minute updates. Click below to check it out. Twitter Updates from the IFBB Tampa Pro

The 2010 IFBB Tampa Pro contests are coming up this weekend, and here are the tentative competitor lists for the four IFBB pro contests that will be held. It looks to be quite an interesting lineup. They are: 2010 Tampa Pro Men’s Bodybuilding competitor list 1. Serdar Aktolga (Turkey) 2. Troy Alves (USA) 3. Mark Antonek (USA) 4. Francisco Bautista (Spain) 5. Damaso Chacon (Venezuela) 6. Darrem Charles (USA) 7. Brandon Curry (USA) 8. Omar Deckard (USA) 9. Constantinos Demetriou (Australia) 10. Oleg Emelyanov (Russia) 11. Vonne Francis (Grenada) 12. Johnnie Jackson (USA) 13. Michael Kefalianos (Australia) 14. Michael Liberatore (USA) 15. Manuel Lomeli (Mexico) 16. Alexandre Nataf (France) 17. Jojo Nitforo (USA) 18. Edward Nunn (USA) 19. Manuel Romero (Venezuela) 20. Heinz Senior (Venezuela) 21. Ben White (USA) 22. Hideatada Yamagishi (Japan) 2010 Tampa Pro Men’s Bodybuilding 202lb competitor list 1. Abiu Feliz (USA) 2. Clarence DeVis (Belgium) 3. Tricky Jackson (USA) 4. Luc Molines (France) 5. Steve Namat (Hungary) 6. Angel Manuel Rangel Vargas (Mexico) 7. Jose Raymond (USA) 8. Frederic Sauvage (France) 9. Daryl Stafford (USA) 10. Nathan Wonsley (USA) 2010 Tampa Pro Bikini competitor list 1. Dina Al-Sabah (Kuwait) 2. Jamie Baird (USA) 3. Vanessa Campbell…

The 2010 IFBB New York Pro Figure Championships will be taking place this weekend, with more than 30 pro figure competitors in the lineup. Here is a list of the competitors. 1. Jelena Abbou 2. Holly Beck 3. Tivisay Briceno 4. Jeni Briscoe 5. Cheryl Brown 6. Cristiana Casoni 7. Nicole Coleman 8. Meriza DeGuzman 9. Dana Fallacara 10. Caroline Hernandez 11. Jennifer Hernandez 12. Candice John 13. Juliana Malacarne 14. Michele Mayberry 15. Jenn Migliacci 16. Chelsey Morgenstern 17. Angela Mraz 18. Marie Ann Newman 19. Vicki Nixon 20. Marcy Porter 21. Katherynne Ramirez 22. Gennifer Strobo 23. Tammy Strome 24. Ann Titone 25. Gina Trochiano 26. Kimmy Trowbridge 27. Terri Turner 28. Rosalind Vanterpool 29. Stacy Wig 30. Magdalena Wilk 31. Jennifer Woodruff 32. Josie Zamora Along with the IFBB Pro competition that is taking place, the 2010 NPC Team Universe and the 2010 NPC Natural Fitness Championships are also taking place. It is going to be a packed Friday and Saturday, with new 32 new IFBB cards up for grabs. Competitors elegible for the IFBB pro cards includes the overall NPC men’s bodybuilding winner, the overall NPC women’s bodybuilding winner, the top two in each of the…

For the 3rd straight year, “Pro Bodybuilding Weekly” radio in conjunction with Florida-based promoter Tim Gardner will be presenting a BIG weekend on the IFBB Pro calendar. The “PBW Championships” (July 16-17) will feature a Mens Open Pro event along with an Under 202 division, plus a full menu of womens competition, including Womens Pro Bodybuilding as well as a Pro Bikini contest. The hosting duo of Dan & Bob will be back calling the action from their “on-stage” broadcast booth at the Tampa Center for the Performing Arts located in the beautiful Tampa Bay area on Florida’s West Coast. Among the confirmed athletes: Troy Alves, Hidetada Yamagishi, Darrem Charles, Ben White, Brandon Curry, Mike Lideratore, Tricky Jackson, Roc Shabbaz, Monique Minton, Jaime Baird, Missy Coles, Dayana Cadeau, Nicole Ball and the list keeps growing. The event will also feature the annual presentation of the “Ben Weider Lifetime Achievement Award” (Past winners: Chris Dickerson and Rich Gaspari). This years honoree will be 8-time Mr. Olympia Lee Haney. For more information, tickets, lineups, hotel: visit www.PBWProShow.com

On May 29th, 2010, in Culver City, California, the 2010 NPC/IFBB California Bodybuilding, Figure and Bikini contest will be held. Some of the top NPC competitors will be competing here, as well as 19+ IFBB Pro Figure competitors. See you there. Here is the updated list of the IFBB Pro Figure competitors. They include: 1. Thais Cabrices-Werner 2. Raechelle Chase 3. Meriza DeGuzman 4. Jennifer DeJoya 5. Ginette Delhaes 6. Heather Mae French 7. Valerie Gangi 8. Carin Hawkins 9. Candice Houston 10. Zaneta Ksiazek 11. Georgina Lona 12. Katina Maistrelles 13. Michele Mayberry 14. Christina Mehling 15. Rosa Maria Romero 16. Susan Salazar 17. Masae Tagami 18. Angela Terlesky 19. Jessica Wright

The 2010 IFBB New York Pro will be held this Saturday, May 8th, at the Tribecca Performing Arts at BMCC, in New York. Four IFBB Pro shows will be held here, including Men’s Bodybuilding Open, Men’s Bodybuilding 202lbs and Under, Women’s Bodybuilding and Women’s Bikini. It is going to be a great contest. Here is the info on the contests. Competitor Lists… 2010 IFBB NY Pro Men’s Bodybuilding Competitors 1. Marius Dohne (South Africa) 2. Erik Fankhouser (USA) 3. Toney Freeman (USA) 4. Jeff Long (USA) 5. Cesar Mendible (Venezuela) 6. Eugeny Mishin (Russia) 7. Mike Van Wyck (Canada) 8. Roelly Winklaar (Netherlands) 9. Dennis Wolf (Germany) 10. Danielle Seccarecci (Italy) 11. Sergey Shelestov (Russia) 12. Hidetada Yamagishi (Japan) 2010 IFBB NY Pro Men’s 202lb and Under BB Competitors 1. John Frederick Arendsz (Aruba) 2. Jason Arntz (USA) 3. Eric Castagnet (France) 4. Kevin English (USA) 5. Anthony Finocchiaro (USA) 6. Milton Holloway Jr. (USA) 7. Sean Jenkins (USA) 8. Emro Karadjuzovic (Montenegro) 9. Jose Raymond (USA) 10. Michael Sheridan (United Kingdom) 11. Vincent Wawryk (Canada) 2010 IFBB NY Pro Women’s Bodybuilding Competitors 1. Debbie Bramwell (USA) 2. Dayana Cadeau (USA) 3. Andrea Ferreira Carvalho (Brazil) 4. Heather Foster (USA)…

Coming up on May 1st, the 2010 IFBB / NPC Pittsburgh bodybuilding, figure and bikini competition will be held at the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall, located at 4141 Fifth Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15213. Besides an incredible NPC contest, there will be two IFBB pro contests, a Pro Bikini and a Pro Figure. Slated to compete includes: Pro Bikini 1. Jaime Baird 2. Missy Coles 3. Jennifer Dietrick 4. Sonia Gonzales 5. Janet Harding 6. Stephanie Lindsey 7. Nathalia Melo 8. Shelsea Montes 9. Khanh Nguyen 10. Kira Rivera 11. Alea Suarez 12. Tianna Ta 13. Stacy Thompson Pro Figure 1. Holly Beck 2. Tivisay Briceno 3. Cheryl Brown 4. Melody Clere 5. Taylor Condren 6. Ginette Delhaes 7. LaVonda Ezell 8. Heather Mae French 9. Jodie Minear 10. Angela Mraz 11. Shalmieno Paper 12. Marcy Porter 13. Ann Pratt 14. Gennifer Strobo 15. Ann Titone 16. Christina Vargas 17. Karly Woodle 18. Jennifer Woodruff

The 2010 NPC Orange County Muscle Classic will take place this Saturday, April 24, in Anaheim California. This contest is one of the best bodybuilding, figure and bikini contests in Orange County, and lots of competitors and surprises will be here. Jay Cutler, the reigning Mr. Olympia, will be guest posing in the evening. See you there. Here is the flyer.

Saturday, March 27th, there will be another NPC contest in Culver City, but also, the first IFBB Pro Bikini contest in the United States. It is going to be a very good lineup, and will define what is the look and standard that the IFBB Judges are looking for in the new Pro Bikini Division. Here is the current IFBB Pros who are slated to compete. They are: 1. Dianna Dahlgren 2. Michelle D’Angona 3. Jennifer Dietrick 4. Sonia Gonzales 5. Michele Gullett 6. Carol King 7. Amanda Latona 8. Leigh Lingham 9. Christie Marquez 10. Monique Minton 11. Natalie Pennington 12. Zhanna Rotar 13. Sherlyn Roy 14. Alea Suarez 15. Stacey Thompson

With the start of a busy NPC California year, the NPC San Diego is the first contest of the year, and already it is going in the record books as one of the most popular ever. With 190+ competitors, not counting crossovers, we are looking at a sold out, unreal event in which the best of the best competitors are looking to present a great physique on stage. We will be there, checking it out. See you there.

Competitor meetings were held today, and it looks like a lot of the competitors were definately in shape, and ready to rock and roll tomorrow. Competitor pics are up on bodybuilding.com in the 2010 Phoenix Pro area. Prejudging starts at 11am. It will start with the Figure One Piece Swimsuit Round, then the Mends 202 and Under, then the Fitness Two Piece Swimsuit Round, then Womens Bodybuilding, then Figure Two Piece Swimsuit Round, and finally the Men’s Pro Bodybuilding (I expect this to start around 1 – 1:30pm). Pictures will be up on bodybuilding.com right after prejudging.

With 27 IFBB Pro Men’s competitors on this new list, and still missing both Troy Alves, and Stan “The White Rhino” Efferding (most likely because of contracts and paperwork needing to be signed), the Phoenix Pro is going to be a great start to the first contests of the year. Here is the lists so far that we have… Here are the IFBB Men’s Pro Bodybuilding list. 1. Eddie Abbew (United Kingdom) 2. Oliver Adzievski (Sweden) 3. Melvin Anthony Jr (USA) 4. Grigori Atoyan (USA) 5. Moe Bannout (Lebanon) 6. Lionel Beyeke (France) 7. Gus Carter (USA) 8. AD Cherry (USA) 9. Omar Deckard (USA) 10. Alfonso Del Rio (Spain) 11. Constantinos Demetriou (Australia) 12. Tarek Elsetouhi (Germany) 13. Toney Freeman (USA) 14. DeShaun Grimez (USA) 15. Andy Haman (USA) 16. Daniel Hill (Germany) 17. Johnnie Jackson (USA) 18. Randy Jackson Sr. (USA) 19. Rusty Jeffers (USA) 20. Michael Liberatore (USA) 21. Cesar Mendible (Venezuela) 22. Franklin Roberson (USA) 23. Heinz Senior (Venezuela) 24. John Sherman (USA) 25. Quincy Taylor (USA) 26. Hidetada Yamagishi (Japan) 27. Mehmet Yildirim (France) Rumored to be competing, but not on the list… Troy Alves, Stan “The White Rhino” Efferding, Figure Competitor List 1. Listy…

Everyone’s Invited! Bodybuilding.com Announces Free 2010 Arnold Classic & Internationals Webcast Boise, ID – February 8, 2010 – Bodybuilding.com, the Internet’s most-visited bodybuilding and fitness site and largest retailer of nutritional supplements, is once again offering a free all-access webcast featuring the 2010 Arnold Classic men’s professional bodybuilding championships and the Women’s professional bodybuilding, figure and fitness International championships. Bodybuilding.com hosts Dan Solomon and Bob Cicherillo will provide live on-stage and backstage coverage of these ground-breaking events. Those unable to tune in live will be able to access webcast replays and additional event coverage on Bodybuilding.com until March 20, 2010. The Arnold Classic is an annual competition named after Arnold Schwarzenegger, originating in 1989 with help from friend, Jim Lorimer. Today, it is the most lucrative competition in bodybuilding, with a number of large prizes and serious bragging rights for the year. Defending champion Kai Green and Dexter Jackson (winner in 2005, 2006 and 2008), are among a field of 12 male bodybuilding pros who will battle it out for the coveted Arnold Classic crown. Over 50 leading women will be taking the stage including bodybuilders Dayana Cadeau and Iris Kyle, fitness athletes Adela Garcia and Tanji Johnson and figure…

As we get closer to the IFBB Phoenix Pro contest on February 20th, here are the rumored competitors who will be competing in Mesa, Arizona. Here are the IFBB Men’s Pro Bodybuilding list. 1. Troy Alves (USA) 2. Melvin Anthony Jr (USA) 3. Grigori Atoyan (USA) 4. Moe Bannout (Lebanon) 5. Gus Carter (USA) 6. AD Cherry (USA) 7. Omar Deckard (USA) 8. Con Demetriou (Australia) 9. Stan “The White Rhino” Efferding (USA) 10. Tarek Elsetouhi (Germany) 11. Toney Freeman (USA) 12. DeShaun Grimez (USA) 13. Andy Haman (USA) 14. Daniel Hill (Germany) 15. Johnnie Jackson (USA) 16. Randy Jackson Sr. (USA) 17. Rusty Jeffers (USA) 18. Michael Liberatore (USA) 19. Franklin Roberson (USA) 20. Heinz Senior (Venezuela) 21. John Sherman (USA) 22. Quincy Taylor (USA) 23. Hidetada Yamagishi (Japan) 24. Mehmet Yildirim (France) Figure Competitor List 1. Amy O’Neil 2. Crystal Chiles 3. Lynn Cimmino (formerly Widdowson) 4. Linda Fodor 5. Sabrina Gibson 6. Jennifer Hernandez 7. Monica Mark 8. Jaime Meade 9. Jodie Minear 10. Karen Mullarkey 11. Felicia Romero 12. Mindi Sakamoto 13. Mindi Smith 14. Chaundra Tangi 15. Kathleen Tesori 16. Ann Titone 17. Taylor Waldrop Fitness Competitor List 1. Stefanie Bambrough 2. Tanji Johnson 3….

The first IFBB pro contests of the 2010 season are almost upon us, and in the Men’s Bodybuilding contest, it is shaping up to be a good battle between some seasoned competitors. Whereas there are always surprises on who is going to be competing, the top 4 look like it is going to be Melvin Anthony, Troy Alves, Toney Freeman and Hidetada Yamagishi, not necessarily in that order. Troy Alves is the hometown favorite, since he lives in Phoenix and owns his own supplement and training store there. Troy will definitely be ready for this contest, as he has learned from his mistakes from last years 11th placing at the Ironman, and moved up to win the IFBB Orlando Show of Champions, and place 3rd at the IFBB Atlantic City Pro. We won’t talk about the 2009 Olympia though. Still, fans are predicting that Troy is going to take this show and prove to everyone he is the best to start the season. Melvin Anthony also is training hard right now, staying with Dennis James, who is making sure Melvin will be ready for this contest. We just heard Melvin Anthony on Pro Bodybuilding Radio last Monday night discussing his…