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Find here all Rio Samba School details with the latest samba songs and 2012 parading themes.
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| Ranking | School |
| 1 | Beija-Flor |
| 2 | Grande Rio |
| 3 | Vila Isabel |
| 4 | Salgueiro |
| 5 | Unidos da Tijuca |
| 6 | Mangueira |
It is Apotheoses Square, at the end of the Parading Avenue, where the results are counted and announced on Ash Wednesday, just after Carnival.
Usually the competition's worst scoring school drops down from the Special Group of the best schools into the Access Group (Group A) and the Access Group's winner joins the Special Group for next year's Samba Parade.
Due to the great damages caused to three schools by a Samba City fire just before the 2011 Samba Parade, none of the schools will be downgraded and the 2012 Samba Parade will have 13 parading schools.
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 runway, in their booths.
Scores are given on a scale 7-10 (with fractions), 10 being the best.
2011 Samba Parade Results - announced on Wednesday, March 9th
| Order | School | Scores |
| 1 | Beija-Flor | 299.8 |
| 2 | Unidos da Tijuca | 298.4 |
| 3 | Mangueira | 297.2 |
| 4 | Vila Isabel | 297.0 |
| 5 | Salgueiro | 296.2 |
| 6 | Imperatriz | 295.5 |
| 7 | Mocidade | 295.5 |
| 8 | Porto da Pedra | 293.4 |
| 9 | Sao Clemente | 290.9 |
| Portela | ||
| Uniao da Ilha | ||
| Grande Rio |
Just before the 2011 Samba Parade, 3 schools' (Portela, Uniao da Ilha and Grande Rio) workshops were seriously damaged by a Samba City fire.
They were allowed to parade despite of their uncomplished preparations and were not judged.
They will also participate in the 2012 Samba Parade.
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