I think it was incredibly sweet of the judges to give a custom goodbye after each elimination.

It's also refreshing to see Dave Letterman finally find his niche.

i am so proud of vikram for getting this far. he must have been very very emotional about that big finish. i think he had tears coming out of his eyes.

@liceous

2 жыл бұрын

Loved what he said at 1:14:26, this kid is so bright

Oh my gosh as someone living abroad, both due to geography blockers and time differences, I could not watch this at all. Thank you so much for posting this!

@rootsOfMadness15

Жыл бұрын

I live in the Philippines, I watched it thru VPN, I WISH they bring it back in ESPN, it's so hard to find some contact for the cable

@labayadere7643

Жыл бұрын

@@rootsOfMadness15 I know, right? It was a lot easier to access too

That word meaning round is something new and wow that is tough. I appreciate how it evolved over the years especially since I watch it every year.

Many things that went wrong on this year's bee: - the backstage interview was unnecessary, they didn't give those children some space to process their loss, people who had participated in bees before know how hard it is to leave the stage just because of a word they didn't know or had not studied, and it seemed like the side stage couch was removed. - vocabulary rounds should be removed, EVER at the semifinals and finals round. Imagine losing at a *"SPELLING"* bee just because you don't know the meaning of a word, which only a few people know by heart. Not only is it unfair because of the varying difficulty of the word, but also the challenge it gives to those kids. Take for example, Kirsten Santos, who went out in the finals because she doesn't know the meaning of bastille, supposed she knew the French Revolution, there's just no other way a Grade 6 elementary student would guess that word. - the spell-off round is unjust and unreasonable. The essence of the Bee must focus on how the dictionary and etymology can help the children understand and learn the English language and the many languages of the world, not how many words you can spell under two minutes. It's also unfair to spellers who have speech impediments and hearing problems because they would need to muster more attention and energy in one word when someone like Harini-she deserves the title, don't get me wrong here-can fast talk those words with ease. - the awful cut between each spellers and ads is killing me. It started so long and now they were rushing to the end. The atmosphere then started to choke me lol - Interviewing Vikram after the contest is just soooo mean and inhumane. They know the kid is about to cry because he just lost a title, and Burton casually talks to him as if losing was just like any other day of his life. Give the spotlight to Harini instead. This is not to say the whole Bee was a mess, there are also some small details I applaud SNSB for doing so. They finally used a "harder" set of words from the dictionary, including botanical and some scientific words. I also love the affirmations and encouragement after some spellers misspelled their words. The whole Bee was a rollercoaster for sure, I hope they read reviews and recheck and reformat their rules because the Spelling Bee spirit is starting to die each year. Edit: - I forgot to add about the reporters. Please replace the woman beside Paul Loeffler, she sounds encouraging but she literally brings nothing to the table. At least, bring some facts or info about the word or the spellers.

@MechanizedWerewolf

Жыл бұрын

10/10 comment

@Thedumdum7802

4 ай бұрын

THANK YOU! Just lost my regional bee, and it hurts so much. Spelling is hard enough. We DONT need vocabulary.

@malexmartinez4007

2 ай бұрын

Spelling is as much knowing the meaning of words as knowing the letters in the words. I think the introduction of the vocabulary round is a necessary addition to a potentially unchanging and boring competition.

Kinda crazy how the winner almost got eliminated in the word definition round. Amazing comeback

I guess 11 out of the 13 finalists are of Indian descent!

@dexgen4809

Жыл бұрын

To be fair, Indians are a lot more likely to enter into these types of competitions

@Mariam-qd9yf

3 ай бұрын

Why aren’t a certain demographic of kids not entering? If you are so concerned of the race of the kids. I see a bunch of kids with a bright future

I just love when indians win spelling bee finals

@ 53:15 Thank god I have played Super Mario Galaxy so many times. I knew this right away :D

i was in Ghana's spelling bee once and it had the same logo i even met the US AMBASSADOR TO GH. AND IT IS NOT EVERY DAY U GET TO MEET IMPORTANT PEOPLE.😏

Harini, I am impressed and you are inspiring. May we meet one day. Amen.

@AyanAli-py7ci

2 жыл бұрын

You're acting like she made a time machine

@syedabilgrami6603

2 жыл бұрын

@@AyanAli-py7ci lol.. Harini doesnt need to invent a time machine. Her goddess speed itself is a mark of beauty, and beauty by definition is not time bound, rather "timeless" .

@syedabilgrami6603

2 жыл бұрын

A thing of beauty is a joy forever - John Kates

Anybody have a link to the Semifinals?

@rootsOfMadness15

Жыл бұрын

Wala afaik, may Indonesian friend ako na nirecord yung buong Bee pero matagal na siyang inactive

Year in, year out, Indians or of those with Indian-blood dominate the Spelling Bee.👍

Thank U, Infinite Intelligence 😇

Is there a link to 2023 finals?

this is NOT surya's first bee! he was at bee week in 2019. Get your facts straight scripps.

@SuryaK_213

Жыл бұрын

you are absolutely right dev

So there will be no co champions anymore instead... a new tie-breaker round!!

@bahayhashts4797

2 жыл бұрын

They should’ve done a spell-off in 2019! I know, right!

Aliyah reminds me of logainne schwartzandgruvinierre from the musical “25th annual putnam county spelling bee”

Hi , Americans do not go to India thinking yiu can get smart kids like this to adopt . These are kids who are pure bred for 5009 plus years. No pun intended

way to go Harini!

I am a fan of spelling Bee. In Jamaica we have school challenge quiz. I enjoy these competitions. These are the great men and women the future. Kudos to everyone who enter the competition .

@stevenshanab7318

2 жыл бұрын

And Jamaica should be proud of their 1998 champion!!! Jodi-Ann Maxwell I think. She had such great poise and won with chiaroscurist

🎉

WOW that's is cool

Wow that's is cool piece of 🎂

Congratulations harini🥳🥳

@hey9603

2 жыл бұрын

she wasnt supposed to win. her appeal was bogus

@thecheesegenius3817

2 жыл бұрын

@@hey9603 we meet again lol also her answer given can meet the definition of pullulation so it made sense

23:20 “i think i might’ve killed one as a house plant”

Where's Akeelah?!

Most of contestants have indian roots.

@hey9603

2 жыл бұрын

thank you?

Colane is the best thing ever

I don't feel like a competition like this is really fair and honest. I feel like every contestant should have to spell the same word separately, and singularly, with the other contestants waiting in a soundproof room.

@hey9603

2 жыл бұрын

that...is literally what they did though

@liceous

2 жыл бұрын

those are the preliminary rounds. english is a finite language and the intellect and talent of the contestants in the past decade have shown that the old format isn't conducive to finding the SINGLE best speller in america that year. a final with 8 winners isn't crowning a winner - there needs to be some sort of differentiation among the cream of the crop. this new format is like an all-around competition - you have to be great at it all, not only guessing words in the normal round, but also an exceptional vocabulary (defn multiple choice) and rapid recall of known words (lightning final)

@kylemandap6043

2 жыл бұрын

Wtf you talking about? That's exactly what happened.

I feel like the stress isn’t good on some of these children. So sad tbh. That second place kid was about to have a panic attack. Poor little fella.

@robertcroxtonjr.7623

2 жыл бұрын

he was really emotional. totally understandable.

@eskay1891

2 жыл бұрын

Looks like you have never seen a kid in competition

@Rams8148

2 жыл бұрын

Competition is good for kids. These kids are just so far from normal. Not trying to be mean just the truth.

@GamingFanactic911

2 жыл бұрын

they are aware of the stress and they did the best they could

Why are they all Indians? They're also from different states within the country Do Indians have separate personal spelling bee competitions before showing up for the scripts.

@hey9603

2 жыл бұрын

yes there are the Northsouth Foundation and South Asian Spelling bees which are only for indians.

@disappearintothesea

2 жыл бұрын

Indians have dominated the spelling bee since forever.

@shivamgen1275

Жыл бұрын

First of all, these are not Indian's. They're are American of Indian origin. And plz stop this hate against the India origin people.

@striker44

Ай бұрын

They are Americans.

btw just to clarify, yash and deetya shouldve been in finals. vocab screwed them over. they are 100x better than these top 2

@malexmartinez4007

2 ай бұрын

How do u know they are better?

2:27 :53 That aged like milk

Way to go Indians👍..... hip hip hurrah...

Good job Julie!

5:26

4:48

Is It only for imigrant?

@TheIroncladCommander

3 ай бұрын

No, but many participate in the Spelling Bee

Couldn’t stand hurting a Cowboys fan

lol half of the kids that made it to the finals got out in the vocabulary rounds. no offense to some of these amazing spellers but you have to study some vocabulary at least. bastille? come on

Do well😀🍭🇵🇹

Clearly india 🇮🇳 ... every year 😂 . HINDUS who has fathers of all languages sanskrit . They can do good in this languages easily.

*Gets word wrong* That is a disgusting act by (insert name)! -Joe Buck probably

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I don't think the consolation message is necessary for every runner up 😀😁

@TheIroncladCommander

3 ай бұрын

Why

Indian kids do so well at spelling bees cuz they get a lot of practice spelling their family member’s names 😅

Harini go se what you have got

conoracious

Past years clearly try to 😅 fixings the actual winner ...who would be an indian ..but afrer seeing too much india . Foreigner do anything to change the winninr.

i feel like other spellers deserved it more but got out in the amazing "vocabulary" rounds

@ObamaFromKenya

2 жыл бұрын

@Hey that was by design, Scripps wanted to limit the number of spellers in the final day.

@chunazre3905

2 жыл бұрын

@@ObamaFromKenya hmmm but by this logic, they shouldn't have implemented the vocab round on the final day since they would have fulfilled their agenda of narrowing down their field. Even so, they could have reverted back to the heavily root-based vocab round like last year

@ObamaFromKenya

2 жыл бұрын

@@chunazre3905 they DID implement it on the very first morning of the first day, and many spellers were eliminated. Scripps wanted a smaller number of spellers in the Final round than they’ve had in the recent past, and this was one way to do it.

@chunazre3905

2 жыл бұрын

@@ObamaFromKenya yeh I do see that it's needed to thin down the field quicker for the prelims and semis, but maybe it isn't a good idea for the finals :( I mean, they even had to use really simple words midway through the finals to ensure the chances of elimination were minimised :(

@julpetz5622

Жыл бұрын

ya I agree I think the final two are the weakest final battle I've seen in scripps.