2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee final tonight (May 30)

[Sylvia]

8 will compete in tonight's live final -- Thursday 8-10 pm ET on ION: https://spellingbee.com/

Speller number 18, Rishabh Saha
age 14 | grade 8
SNSB Region One Bee
Merced, California

#22 Shrey Parikh
age 12 | grade 6
San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools
San Bernardino, California

#31 Aditi Muthukumar
age 13 | grade 8
The Denver Post
Denver, Colorado

#47 Bruhat Soma
age 12 | grade 7
Rays Baseball Foundation and Rowdies Soccer Fund
St. Petersburg, Florida

#145 YY Liang
age 12 | grade 7
ScholarSkills for STARS
New Windsor, New York

#155 Ananya Prassanna
age 13 | grade 7
Carolina Panthers
Charlotte, North Carolina

#207 Faizan Zaki
age 12 | grade 6
Dallas Sports Commission
Dallas, Texas

#212 Kirsten Santos
age 13 | grade 8
Houston Community College
Houston, Texas

 

[ice coverage]

8 will compete in tonight's live final -- Thursday 8-10 pm ET on ION: https://spellingbee.com/

#207 Faizan Zaki
age 12 | grade 6
Dallas Sports Commission
Dallas, Texas

Faizan Zaki's spirit of friendship and empathy yesterday was remarkable, as seen in the tweeted video clip below.
Aryan Khedkar was one of my favorites among last year's finalists, but he misspelled a word yesterday (ending up in a tie for ninth place this year).
As thirteen-year-old Aryan was leaving the stage, Faizan sprinted over from the opposite side to give him a prolonged hug. A heart-melting moment. ?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1795939731106058524

 

[Garden Kitty]

Sad that it's just streaming and there is no tv coverage. Those kids are so impressive and I liked seeing them get the attention.

 

[quartz]

There is so much fluff and filler and so many commercials it’s almost unwatchable. Sad.

 

[Momandsk8er]

There is so much fluff and filler and so many commercials it’s almost unwatchable. Sad.

That is our take on it. Way too slow and too much fluff. When I saw 8 finalists I thought it would go fast, but after an hour we’ve done 2 complete rounds.

 

[Cachoo]

They are ruining it in this format.

 

[A.H.Black]

I record it and then watch when I can skip everything but the spelling (takes less than 30 minutes to watch a 2 hr. program). I still have recordings going back to Euonym and before. I loved it when it was that mesmerizing word after word after word. I miss it. Just like figure skating - money has messed it up.

 

[A.H.Black]

Sad that it's just streaming and there is no tv coverage. Those kids are so impressive and I liked seeing them get the attention.

You do know that it has been on TV both last night and tonight, right? ION has both streaming and TV.

 

[Cachoo]

I record it and then watch when I can skip everything but the spelling (takes less than 30 minutes to watch a 2 hr. program). I still have recordings going back to Euonym and before. I loved it when it was that mesmerizing word after word after word. I miss it. Just like figure skating - money has messed it up.

My niece was in our state’s spelling bee when Vanya was competing. She had no chance—I don’t thing any of them had much of a chance. They were great kids but Vanya was special. Good to see she still has her joy…

 

[quartz]

Isn’t this supposed to be over in 7 minutes? They have 4 spellers still.

 

[Cachoo]

I gave up and switched to the NBA.

 

[Sylvia]

It was an exciting spell-off! Bruhat Soma was VERY impressive!!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1796366489903415796

 

[Buzz]

I can’t even pronounce some of the words these kids were asked to spell. LOL