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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.
Big Brother 26 is the twenty-sixth season of the American reality television program Big Brother. The program is an adaptation of the franchise created in 1999 by John de Mol. The season features an artificial intelligence theme. It premiered on CBS on July 17, 2024 and concluded on October 13, 2024.
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.
Big Brother added a new name to its history books on Wednesday night, crowning its first-ever Black winner after a whopping 23 seasons. Azah Awasum, Derek Frazier and Xavier Prather were the last ...
Dan carved a path of deceit and big-brain moves all the way to the end, where he became the first unanimous winner in Big Brother history. Like Will, he is known as one of the best players of all ...
Hale was awarded the $750,000 grand prize by the season's jury, winning by a vote of 8–1 over Monte Taylor, and she became the first African American woman to win a regular season of Big Brother. [2] She is also the first houseguest to win both the game and the America's Favorite Houseguest prize, awarding her an additional $50,000. [13]
After 23 seasons, the CBS reality competition series has a Black winner: Xavier Prather.
Jody-Anne Maxwell (born 1986) is from Kingston, Jamaica and was the winner of the 1998 Scripps National Spelling Bee at the age of 12. [1] She made history as the first non-American to win the competition. [2] According to Ebony magazine, Maxwell, who was also the competition's first Black winner, was viewed as a celebrity on her return to ...