2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee

[A.H.Black]

Spelling Bee - Main page

https://spellingbee.com/watch - viewing guide.

Preliminaries started this morning. I am watching free on Tubi (search for ION and click on the live icon) This link may or may not work - https://tubitv.com/live/684165/ion-plus

Last year when the Bee switched to ION, I was very disappointed in the coverage. I hope it's better this year. I tune in to watch spelling, not fluff. The preliminary rounds this morning are great so far.

 

[ice coverage]

Spelling Bee - Main page

https://spellingbee.com/watch - viewing guide.

Preliminaries started this morning. I am watching free on Tubi (search for ION and click on the live icon) This link may or may not work - https://tubitv.com/live/684165/ion-plus ...

Thank you for the Tubi link, which is working for me.

(For prelims/quarterfinals/semifinals today and tomorrow -- but not for finals on Thursday -- free streaming also can be viewed at your Main page link [scroll down]. When I compared a few minutes ago, it was a little bit behind the Tubi streaming.)

ETA:​

Exclusive secrets of the National Spelling Bee: Picking the words to identify a champion

The word list for the Scripps National Spelling Bee is crafted by a panel of 21 people, including five former Scripps champions. Those who submit words for use in the bee are given assignments throughout the year to come up with a certain number of words at a certain level of difficulty. Then...

apnews.com

(May 29)​

 

[overedge]

Thank you for this @A.H.Black ! In the Before Times I used to go to conferences around this time of year, and watching the Bee was great entertainment while I was travelling. But most of those conferences have gone online, so I don't remember that it's Bee time if I'm not sitting in an airport or hotel lobby and watching the spellers.

ETA: The speller from Kitchener ON says her favourite athlete is Madeline Schizas!

 

[A.H.Black]

Tonight's broadcast must be a tape delay of the streaming from this afternoon. The finalists have been chosen for tomorrow. I wonder if they will insert a bunch of fluff for the TV broadcast. Hope not. The drama is in the spelling. Quite honestly, I also wish they didn't have to add a comfort speech whenever anyone misses a word. Maybe the spellers like it.

I'm rooting for Surya Kapu. He has looked very impressive through all 8 rounds. If that's a spoiler - sorry.

 

[Sylvia]

I wasn't able to watch the livestreaming today so I'm looking forward to seeing Sarah Fernandes (age 11, grade 5) tonight on the taped broadcast.

 

[Sylvia]

Some articles before tonight's Final:

Spelling Bee finalists 2023: Meet the 11 remaining spellers for Scripps National Spelling Bee finals

The Scripps National Spelling Bee finals is here. It features 11 brilliant minds, all competing for that ornate flower and bug-covered trophy.

www.sportingnews.com

Salt Lake's Surya Kapu ("He took fifth place last year after becoming one of the few contestants ever to successfully challenge their elimination."):

The winning words of Utah's National Spelling Bee finalist

None could oppugn the lexicological pertinacity of this orthographic precisian.

www.axios.com

3 Bay Area Students Among 11 Finalists at National Spelling Bee

The Bay Area is well-represented in the finals of this year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee.

www.nbcbayarea.com

Three local students – seventh grader Dhruv Subramanian, 12, of Windemere Ranch Middle School in San Ramon, eighth grader Vikrant Chintanaboina, 14, of Discovery Charter School - Falcon Campus in San Jose, and seventh grader Shradha Rachamreddy, 13, of BASIS Independent Silicon Valley Upper School in San Jose – are among the 11 finalists competing to be crowned spelling champion Thursday night.
All three competitors are sponsored by the San Ramon Valley Rotary Club.

Sarah Fernandes from Millard, Nebraska: https://www.3newsnow.com/news/spell...ne-of-11-kids-in-national-spelling-bee-finals

Millard student advances in the Scripps National Spelling Bee

Sarah Fernandes, a local student who is taking part in the Scripps National Spelling Bee made it past the prelims on Tuesday.

www.3newsnow.com

Sarah is talented in many other ways. She has played piano at several big venues, including Carnegie Hall.
The skill of spelling runs in the family as her sister Hannah has been to nationals twice and has won the metro bee five times.

 

[A.H.Black]

Sarah's great. I find it endearing that she cannot stop moving while she is spelling. I wonder if she is always fidgety.

 

[A.H.Black]

I see that Vanya Shivashankar gratuated from Yale. Wonder if she and Nathan ever ran into each other. She's younger than Nathan (she's 21) but she is also listed in the school of medicine at Yale.

 

[Sylvia]

Vanya's impressive achievements at Yale:

Vanya Shivashankar - Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs

Vanya Shivashankar (SY’23) is a Cognitive Science major from Olathe, Kansas. Her interest in global health stems from her passion for education equity and accessibility worldwide, having worked with various NGOs to with the primary mission of uplifting communities via education. Through these...

jackson.yale.edu

Vanya Shivashankar

Vanya Shivashankar is an undergraduate student in Yale College majoring in Cognitive Science. She is also a Global Health Scholar through the GHS MAP in

medicine.yale.edu

 

[Sylvia]

Congrats to Dev Shah, the champion! https://spellingbee.com/speller-summary/36

Pinellas middle school student makes National Spelling Bee finals

Dev Shah from Morgan Fitzgerald Middle could be the first Florida winner in two decades.

www.tampabay.com

 

[A.H.Black]

Dev had a very impressive last 3 words. Nice to have a clear decisive winner. Congratulations to Dev Shah.

 

[Sylvia]

Dev Shah's winning moment last night :

Day 5 highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty-9vRGSCuE

2023 playlist of videos featuring all 11 finalists: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLq7ABsmhQM_b5AwQXO6tYpk2kVtmrktQ3

 

[ice coverage]

Replay of finals began streaming about ten minutes ago (at 9 pm ET) on Scripps site:

Watch Scripps News

Scripps News is moving to streaming! You can watch Scripps News on Amazon Fire TV, Roku, Samsung TV Plus, Haystack News, LG or on your smart TV.

scrippsnews.com

also on Scripps channel on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNUZr_y3p3o​

Replay also scheduled for 8 pm ET Saturday (tomorrow night).

 

[Buzz]

Just a random fact about the first US spelling Bee.

The untold tale of America's first spelling bee victor

Marie Bolden, a black teenager, won the first US spelling bee in 1908. Her win was eclipsed by racism.

www.bbc.com