Music Gaga did not gather 2 million people in Copacabana, says BBC; See ‘Real’

The presentation of Lady Gaga on the beach Copacabanaon May 3 this year, would have received a much lower audience 2.1 million initially released by City Hall of Rio de Janeiropoints out a new estimate.

According to BBCwhich published a report on Monday, 15, contesting the official numbers, only about 660 thousand people could be in the area for the show.

The British television network has consulted a public density specialist. Based on the total extension of Copacabana and the aerial images of the show, the professional said it is virtually impossible for the initial number to be real.

The report, conducted by Richard Irvine-Brown and Jessica Cruzsays that:

“Rio officials celebrated the attendance of 2.1 million people as a triumph. However, careful analysis of the BBC Verify team and a public density expert reveals that it is highly unlikely that the allegations are accurate.”

According to the calculations of the specialist heard by the BBC, it would be necessary to use the entire Copacabana sand strip to behave the estimated public by the city of Rio:

“For 2 million people, you would need the full length of Copacabana beach, which is about 610,000 square meters.”

Also according to the BBC, the city of Rio was sought by the report and reinforced the number of 2.1 million people, but without explaining how it arrived at it.

What the mayor of Rio de Janeiro says

The day after the Lady Gaga show (via CBN), the mayor of Rio, Eduardo Paeshe posted at X (former Twitter) a joke quoting a supposed mathematical formula to reach 2.1 million people.

He had already done the same in 2024, when he was contested about the total audience of the Madonna in Copacabana. At the time, the estimate was 1.6 million people.

Other numbers

In relation to the presentation of Lady Gaga, international vehicles such as Variety and Hollywood Reporter (via CBN) even estimated an even larger audience of 2.5 million fans in Copacabana.

As well as the city of Rio, the company Bonus trackproducer of the event, released 2.1 million as the official public.

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