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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 competition began with 284 contestants (143 boys and 141 girls), winnowed down from 11 million students who participated in local bees around the country. [6] The age range of the spellers was 6 to 15, 70 of whom were making repeat appearances. 29 spellers were relatives of prior contestants. [6]
Eli McNair is 13 and an eighth grader from South Middle School in Newburgh. He is speller number 142 in this year's Scripps National Spelling Bee, but if you asked him just a few months ago, Eli ...
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.
Dec. 9—Fairland Middle School student wins county bee for second consecutive year If there's one last name organizers of the Lawrence County Spelling Bee should have mastered the spelling of by ...
Pages in category "Scripps National Spelling Bee participants" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. ... This page was last edited on 29 ...
[13] Although the Bee's rules only anticipate up to a three-way tie, [14] officials began planning for the contingency of more winners earlier in the day due to the performances in earlier rounds. On the other hand, the founder of the South Asian Spelling Bee suggested the Bee's finalist words simply were not hard enough. [15] [16]