Carnival 2026 in Rio: allegories and accessories and harmony were the criteria that most took points from the schools
The 2026 Rio Carnival judging revealed that allegories, accessories, and harmony were the most challenging criteria for the schools, with only four out of twelve achieving perfect scores.
Evaluation of Rio's Special Group has a new scoring model with 26 sub-criteria
The evaluation of Rio's Special Group introduces a new scoring model with 26 sub-criteria to assess samba schools more intricately in the Carnival.
Carnival 2026: know how the samba schools' results will be announced in Bauru
Bauru will announce the champion samba school for Carnival 2026 on Wednesday, highlighting the judging criteria and event logistics.
Costume will be the tiebreaker in the evaluation of Carnival 2026 in SP
The Independent League of Samba Schools has announced that 'costume' will serve as the tiebreaker for the Carnival 2026 evaluations in São Paulo.
'Cadence', 'Functionality', 'Fluency': Special Group of Rio gains 25 subcategories in scoring
The samba school competition for Rio's 2026 carnival has introduced 25 detailed subcategories for judging criteria, expanding from the previous five.