Watch the Championship Finals Tonight!

http://espn.go.com/watchespn/index/_/id/886773/2013-scripps-national-spelling-bee-finals

Good luck, spellers! Maybe my sister will come next year and the year after, I hope!

And Here are Your Championship Finalists!

http://public.spellingbee.com/public/results/2013/finishers/html

And for Utah: This is the first time in the Bee's History that a speller from Utah makes it to Championship Finals! Congratulations, Vismaya!

*In last year's championship finals

No. 39: Grace Remmer
No. 41: Christal Schermeister
No. 44 Nikitha Chandran
No. 64: Pranav Sivakumar
No. 91: Vanya Shivashankar
No. 115: Amber Born
No. 156: Sriram Hathwar
No. 163: Arvind Mahankali*
No. 238: Chetan Reddy
No. 242: Syamantak Payra
No. 256: Vismaya Kharkar

Congratulations to all spellers, and good luck to the spellers tonight!

I have to go and study for a test tomorrow now.

Vismaya Made it to Semifinals!

Vismaya Kharkar, the speller from Salt Lake, has done it again! She made it to semifinals! This is her last year, and she tied for tenth last year! Who knows? Maybe Utah will have their first champion, but there are also other spellers to look out for.

All these spellers are fourth and fifth timers at the Bee!

39 Grace Remmer

48 Rachael Cundey

93 Emily Keaton

115 Amber Born

156 Sriram J. Hathwar

163 Arvind Mahankali

238 Chetan Reddy

Then we also have other spellers: 

91 Vanya Shivashankar - the sister of the 2009 Champion, Kavya Shivashankar, who is at the Bee for her third time!

The computer-based test was today, and there were twelve spelling words and twelve vocabulary words (one point per word for both), again. Then the speller received two vocabulary words, again (3 points each).

Tomorrow: In Rounds 5 and 6, if the speller spells his/her word correctly he/she receives 3-points per round. If the word is misspelled, the speller is out. The spellers will have to meet a certain score to make it to the Championship Finals...

Good luck to all!

Semifinalists

http://www.spellingbee.com/bee-blog/bee/semifinalists-are

Good luck!!!!

*Update* Semifinalists

Another speller has been added to the list of Semifinalists. The Semifinalists haven't been posted yet, but they will come soon! But for sure we know Speller #44 advanced to the next round! Her name is Nikitha Chandran! Good luck!

Semifinalists will Be Announced Soon

We must be patient. 41 only made it! Let's cheer them/you on!

You can track who is still in and who was eliminated.
http://www.abc15.com/generic/news/KNXV-Spelling-Bee-Map-2013

Good luck!

The Official Bee Blog

http://spellingbee.com/bee-blog

So many interesting things have happened already. For example on speller got realschule (German secondary school) - a word one speller got back in 2011 then got it again this year.

I can't post much, since I'm at school, but I'm in a class that I have all my lessons finished with.

Good luck spellers! This is going to be a great week!