Fans have circled the next heavy-hitting Men’s Open contest of the season. The 2025 Romania Muscle Fest Pro, a staple on the IFBB Pro League calendar, is set to light up the stage in Bucharest, Romania, on November 9. Days before the action, on Nov. 3, retired bodybuilding veterans Iain Valliere and Seth Feroce revealed their top 10 Men’s Open picks.
Chinedu Andrew “Jacked” Obiekea is screaming as the obvious frontrunner ahead of the event. It’s for good reason. Jacked brought his all-time best physique to the recent 2025 Olympia and shocked the world. He overpowered a downsized Samson Dauda to secure third place. Lee Priest, a powerful authority in the sport, ‘gun-to-head’ thought Jacked was the rightful winner, not a ‘waterlogged beached whale‘ Derek Lunsford.
It won’t be a shut-out for Jacked, though; rising sensation Joan Pradells could upset the towering Nigerian mass monster. Young, with fresh muscle and a lights-out front double biceps pose – Pradells is quickly proving why he received so much hype from fans online. Pradells isn’t holding out for just one or two shows; he’s competing often, putting in the rounds to further his physique’s evolution.
Pradells took third at the ESN British Grand Prix behind Michal Krizo, then finished fifth at the Prague Pro. That was an accomplishment considering how talent-deep the Prague show was. Romania won’t be a two-man contest, as other under-the-radar threats loom in the hunt for gold, including the consistent Jan Turek and 2023 Poland Pro winner Damian Kuffel.
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2025 Romania Muscle Fest Pro Picks
Find their top 10 picks for the upcoming Romania Muscle Fest Pro below via the Fouad Abiad Media YouTube channel:
Iain Valliere
- Winner — Andrew Jacked
- Second Place — Joan Pradells
- Third Place — Jan Turek
- Fourth Place — Damian Kuffel
- Fifth Place — Sahar Kazes
- Sixth Place — Gianluca Di Lorenzo
- Seventh Place — Kasozi Brian Drago
- Eighth Place — Mazaher Tabaniabarghani
- Ninth Place — Reace MacDonald
- Tenth Place — Pawel Kowalski
Seth Feroce
- Winner — Andrew Jacked
- Second Place — Joan Pradells
- Third Place — Jan Turek
- Fourth Place — Sahar Kazes
- Fifth Place — Damian Kuffel
- Sixth Place — Gianluca Di Lorenzo
- Seventh Place — Borja Saura Chinchilla
- Eighth Place — Andre Gerstner
- Ninth Place — Kasozi Brian Drago
- Tenth Place — Mazaher Tabaniabarghani
Valliere and Feroce both see Jacked running away with this contest, which would help him clinch an early qualification for the 2026 Mr. Olympia. Though athletes are qualifying for the prestigious show, Olympia President Dan Solomon has yet to reveal its date, but did confirm it will take place in Las Vegas, NV, once again.
Jacked’s coach has confirmed he plans to jump into the 2026 Arnold Classic, where the Olympia bronze finisher will have a shot at collecting the historic $750,000 winner’s purse, the largest payout in bodybuilding history.
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