Samba School
Ranking 2005-2009

Ranking School
1 Beija-Flor
2 Grande Rio
3 salgueiro
4 unidos da tijuca
5 vila isabel
6 mangueira

 

Announcement
of the Results

Participant of the parade from Imperio

Apotheoses Square (at the end of the Sambodromo), where the results are counted and announced on Ash Wednesday, just after Carnival.

Império Serrano, the last school, will be dropped from the Special Group of the best 12 schools to Group A. The highest scoring school in Group A joins the Special Group for 2010 Samba Parade.

Samba Parade Results

2009 Samba Parade Results

The Samba Parade is a glorious competition between the Rio samba schools, for which scores are given by the judges.
There are ten categories in which the schools are judged.

There are 4 judges of every category (altogether 40 of them) and they are allocated all along the Sambodromo's samba run-way, in their booths.

Scores are given on a scale 5-10 (with fractions), 10 being the best.

2009 Samba Parade Result

Ranking School Scores
1 Salgueiro 399.0
2 Beija-Flor 398.0
3 Portela 397.9
4 Vila Isabel 397.6
5 Grande Rio 396.9
6 Mangueira 396.8
7 Imperatriz 396.4
8 Viradouro 395.1
9 Unidos da Tijuca 393.1
10 Porto da Pedra 392.4
11 Mocidade 391.5
12 Império Serrano 390.7