He participated in 2010 Mr. Olympia contest but was not placed.
The winner of the Mr. Olympia contest now receives $100,000, up from $1,000 15 years ago.
"He did the same thing in the 1980 Mr. Olympia contest," he says on the phone.
The other is that he was the only man to compete in all three of the initial Mr. Olympia contests.
Jackson placed 3rd in the 2009 Mr. Olympia contest.
The total prize money for the Mr. Olympia contest was increased from $480,000 to $546,000.
Bannout took 4th place at the 1982 Mr. Olympia contest and returned the following year to finally take home the title in 1983.
Following the Mr. Olympia contest, the production ran out of money and ended up in development hell for nearly two years.
Nonetheless, he qualified to compete in the 2007 Mr. Olympia contest.
In the 2012 Mr. Olympia contest, his first-ever, he finished 11th.
