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Carnival Parade 2005: Beija Flor is the Champion in Rio de Janeiro

Filed under: Brazil General - February 10th, 2005

Carnival for 2005 is over, but the celebration isn’t, at least not for all the members and fans of a particular samba school in Rio de Janeiro. “Beija-Flor” Samba School was announced as the Champion of the Carnival Parade in Rio de Janeiro for the year of 2005.
After the announcement, around 15.000 people headed towards the Beija Flor samba school building in order to celebrate this important title. This is the third time in a row that Beija-Flor has won the most popular carnival competition in the world. The directors of Beija Flor samba school gave away 20,000 cans of beer to its fans and members during the celebration party in Rio de Janeiro.
As usual, the Carnvival Parade Competition results were really tight in Rio de Janeiro. Every year, all the schools spend a lot of time preparing their parade performance, this way all the performances are really well developed, making the winner only win by a small margin which is usually due to little details.
Bellow you can see the final classification for Carnival 2005 in Rio de Janeiro. This will help you to understand why Beija-Flor shcool fans and members were celebrating their victory with so much passion.

School Name Final Result in Points
1- Beija Flor 399.4
2- Unidos da Tijuca 399.3
3- Grande Rio 398.6
4 -Imperatriz 398.5
5 -Salgueiro 397.9
6-Mangueira 393.8
7- Porto da Pedra 393.5
8- Viradouro 393.4
9- Mocidade 388.7
10- Vila Isabel 386.8
11- Caprichosos 386.3
12 -Imperio Serrano 384.3
13 -Portela 383.9
14 -Tradicao 379