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[1] [12] One such speller, Nihar Janga from Austin, Texas, became the youngest champion in the Bee's history when he won the title in 2016 at the age of 11. [13] The 93rd Scripps National Spelling Bee was the first time that an African-American (Zaila Avant-garde) became the champion and only the second time that the champion was a black person.
The drama film Bee Season (2005), based on Myla Goldberg's novel of the same name, follows a young girl's journey through various levels of spelling-bee competition to the Scripps National Spelling Bee, as did the drama film Akeelah and the Bee (2006). [30] [31]
The 94th Scripps National Spelling Bee was a spelling bee that was held at Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. [2] The finals were held on June 2, 2022, and televised on Ion Television and Bounce TV , marking the first time in 27 years that the Bee was not televised on an ESPN network. [ 3 ]
Scripps Spelling Bee's head judge brings history, encouragement to spellers. With 245 competitors, this was the largest field of spellers since the 2019 Bee. They ranged in age from 8 to 15 years old.
Bruhat Soma, 12, of Florida won the 96th Scripps National Spelling Bee Thursday night after defeating all seven other finalists and beating his final competitor in the Bee’s second-ever spell-off.
The 12-year-old seventh grader from St. Petersburg, Florida emerged victorious at the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee, in National Harbor, Maryland, in dramatic fashion on May 30 after winning ...
The 95th Scripps National Spelling Bee was a spelling bee competition that was held at Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. The 2023 bee welcomed 231 spellers from the United States and its territories, Canada, Ghana, and The Bahamas.
In June 2023, Dev Shah became the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee Champion. The 14-year-old from Largo, Florida, won during his third appearance at the national competition.