Carnaval Globeleza RJ

Special Group 2025

The 2025 Rio de Janeiro Special Group parades took place between March 2nd and 4th, 2025, at the Marquês de Sapucaí, with exclusive broadcast on TV Globo. The schools in the Special Group in 2025 were, in order of presentation: Unidos de Padre Miguel, Imperatriz Leopoldinense, Unidos do Viradouro, Estação Primeira de Mangueira, Unidos da Tijuca, Beija-Flor de Nilópolis, Acadêmicos do Salgueiro, Unidos de Vila Isabel, Paraíso do Tuiuti, Acadêmicos do Grande Rio, Portela, and Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel. The grand champion was Beija-Flor de Nilópolis, with a theme about the iconic carnival director Laíla. The other schools that returned on Champions' Saturday were Grande Rio, Imperatriz Leopoldinense, Viradouro, Portela, and Mangueira, and the school relegated to the Gold Series was Unidos de Padre Miguel.