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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.
William Alvin Moody [4] (April 10, 1954 – March 5, 2013) was an American professional wrestling manager and licensed funeral director.He is best known for his tenure with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, later WWE) where he performed under the ring name and gimmick of Paul Bearer, [a] manager and guiding light of The Undertaker.
In 2019, the Spelling Bee ran out of words that might challenge the contestants and ended up having 8 winners. The 2020 National Spelling Bee competition, originally scheduled for May 24, was suspended and later canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] [3] [4] This was the first time it had been canceled since 1945. [5]
The National Spelling Bee is intense. Over 11 million kids take part in the spelling bee circuit across the country. Eventually, 200 spellers advance to the national stage.
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 ]
The 2023 bee was infused with new leadership as longtime Scripps Bee employee and former three-time bee participant Corrie Loeffler assumed the role of Executive Director. [17] A highlight of the 2023 competition was Akash Vukoti making history as the National Spelling Bee's first ever six-year repeater. [18]
For the first time in the Bee's history, ABC broadcast the Championship Rounds on primetime television. [2] A thirteen-year-old eighth-grader from Spring Lake, New Jersey, Katharine "Kerry" Close, won the Bee on her fifth attempt, correctly spelling Ursprache in the twentieth round. She was the first female champion since 1999.
Notably, the 1999 bee was covered by the Jeffrey Blitz documentary Spellbound, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. [ 3 ] Second place went to David Lewandowski, a 14-year old speller from Schererville, Indiana who placed 39th in the prior year's bee , and who misspelled "opsimath". [ 1 ]