The vehicle used a British manual based on the ideal quantity of people to make a place considered “safe”
Summary
BBC questions 2.1 million audiences at the Lady Gaga Show in Copacabana; The mayor Eduardo Paes contrasts, highlighting the cultural differences and reaffirming the estimated numbers by the Brazilian authorities.
British Network BBC has published an analysis in which he questioned the estimated number of people who saw the Lady Gaga concert in Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro on May 3 of this year. According to the vehicle, “only” about 660,000 people would have participated in the event, not the 2.1 million estimated by the authorities of the capital of Rio.
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According to the calculations made by BBC Verify, it would require the entire duration of the Copacabana sand strip – not only a stretch – so that the 2.1 million people can be hosted “comfortably” on the show.
The analysis was released through a video presented by the journalist Richard Irvine-Brown. According to him, the public occupied an area of about 140 thousand square meters. Richard used a British manual based on the ideal number of people in outdoor activities so that space is considered “safe”.
Therefore, the BBC verifies based on its calculation on a density of 4.7 people per square meter, as recommended by the manual. In the video, Richard positioned himself next to four other people to show an area of a square meter occupied by five people.
Eduardo Paes, mayor of Rio de Janeiro, was not happy with the assumption made by the BBC. He used social networks to counter the analysis by the British network.
“They know nothing! They don’t understand Rio! In the same space that adapts to 660,000 British, 2.2 million enthusiastic and happily and warm Brazilians! They don’t understand the flow of people and the size of the Copacabana beach”, wrote on his X profile.
“Worse still, they think that we Brazilians are far from each other like the British. We Cariocas are very close to each other. There are many more people per square meter than they are used to Britain.
The mayor also took the opportunity to share a calculation used by the organization of the event to estimate the public. The performance of the pop singer joined the record book, Guinness BookLike the free show performed by a female artist with the largest audience in the world.
They know nothing! I don’t understand Rio! In the same space that adapts to 660,000 British, 2.2 million enthusiastic and happy Brazilians adapt! And Calientes! 😉🧐🤓😎
The BBC is probably having some connections with the Brazilian newspaper Sao Paulo. My God. They don’t understand … pic.twitter.com/BKIKPL4VSYN
– Eduardo Paes (@eduardopaes) July 15, 2025
Source: Terra
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