Hummingbird: President of Liesa opens the game about controversy at Carnival

Gabriel David spoke, almost a month after the carnival, about a supposed favoritism of Beija-Flor, who became champion of the samba school parade of Rio de Janeiro. President of the Independent League of Rio de Janeiro Samba Schools (Liesa), he answered fans' questions about the controversies and explained how the jurors body works. “Everyone putting themselves in the right to talk, so I will answer a little,” said Giovanna Lancellotti's fiancé. “How does the format of judges' choice and capacity happen? How is this process and the smoothness of it? More than 80% of these jurors who tried Rio Carnival 2025 have been there for at least five years.”

Who is Gabriel David?

He is one of the heirs of the Bicho game, son of contraventor Anísio Abraham David.
Gabriel has been questioned several times about the alleged involvement with the games, but it has always denied any kind of proximity.
It is noteworthy that Anísio, Gabriel's father, was arrested in 2007, accused of threatening jurors to give the victory to hummingbird.
Due to the carnival cradle and having held prestigious positions in Liesa from a young age, Anísio's son became one of the most representative figures of the carioca revelry.
In December last year, he finished the carioca prize of the year by Veja Rio magazine and, in the same month, was featured in the publication Forbes Under 30.
Gabriel, who dated Anitta in 2020, is currently engaged to actress Giovanna Lancellotti.

6 ImagesClose modal.1 of 6gabriel David was a director of marketing at Liesa and took over Roberto Filho/Brazil News2 of 6gabriel David and Giovanna Lancellotti on the hum hassle court Hollanda/Disclosure3 of 6gabriel David was responsible for the changes6Gabriel David5 of 6gabriel David debuts as president of Liesa at next year's Carnival Chapetta/AgNews6 of 6Gabriel DavidReproduction/Instagram he said that, in this way, the jurors are the same who gave titles to the large river, Viradouro and Empress in previous years. He also said that Liesa is not involved, under any circumstances, in the vote. “The entire board of Liesa has no participation in the judging body. It has a coordination that is completely apart from all boards, which only speaks to the president of the Council and does all the work with the judges of the carnival,” he said. Also read Hummingbird Entertainment and more: Rio champions return to Sapucaí this Saturday Entertainment Beija-Flor will make post-carnival parade on the streets of Rio de Janeiro Entertainment Understand why Beija-Flor victory at Carnival is the target of celebrity protests Neguinho da Beija-Flor reveals international plans after retirement the boy also said that the boy also said jurors change from time to time. “We basically understand that these jurors need to be changed the following year. They are changed for several reasons. We analyze the curriculum of these jurors according to specific areas within that question [para o qual podem ser escolhidos] to understand if this person has aptitude to judge the question. ” Finally, he stated that samba schools need to be in accordance with the choice of jurors. The curriculum is presented to the presidents of the 12 schools in the competition. These 12 presidents have to sign, give the approval for these jurors to actually enter And if they officialize as judges of the carnival to come, ”he said.