A total of ten spellers have been able to advance to the final round of the 83rd Scripps National Spelling Bee. The bee, the only one that is televised on a yearly basis, features some of the most amazing young spellers that the country has to offer.
The original pool of competitors consisted of 273 individuals that took part in the competition throughout the week in Washington, DC.
The semifinals featured only the top 48 who were able to advance. Among the favorites are 13 year old Tim Ruiter, and 14 year old Neetu Chandak. Both of them have placed well in the spelling bee previously, and have been looking to take home the victory that has alluded them for so long.
Unfortunately, they were unable to pull off the victories that they had hoped for.
Ruiter reportedly studied over 20,000 note cards in preparation for the event. He was eventually stumped by a word that is a skirt that is worn by men who live int he Balkans. Neetu Chandak was also eliminated in the first round, much to the surprise of not only himself, but other competitors in the competition as well.
A number of new spellers who had never previously taken part in the tournament have been able to advance to the final ten, including the last remaining speller from Canada, Laura Newcombe, 11.
She was able to spell both of her words correctly in the first two semifinal rounds, advancing to the final round with only 9 people to beat out for the victory in the Scripps National Spelling Bee of 2010.
Update :
The winner of the 2010 Scripps National Spelling Bee is a young lady who is 14 years old and goes by the name of Anamika Veeramani from Ohio ,she claimed victory with the word Stromuhr.
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Next year I hope they will choose a more appropriate announcer who is alot mor familiar with multiple languages and can pronounce the words more to the specfic language the words are from.
I feel that at least 3 of the contestants could have possibly continued further into the contest.
The words I am relating to are:
Gyokura—Finest Japanesse tea.
Announcer pronouced it as– Yah-koo-rah
The correct way is– Gee-Yoh-Koo-rah
Next word Mauka
Announcer pronouced it as — Maaau-kah
Correct way –Mah-oo-kah
Those kids are fantastic at their ability of spelling. They should be given every opportunity to succeed.