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Eleven students will compete in the 93rd annual Scripps National Spelling Bee in Orlando, Florida, to take home the coveted Scripps Cup Thursday night. The competition has been a feat of orthographic endurance for decades, giving each student a chance at thousands of dollars in prize money.
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This year, each stage of the Spelling Bee was held remotely but the finalists will convene at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at the Walt Disney Resort. The winner, one of more than 200 students who first entered the competition, will win $50,000.
First Lady Jill Biden will attend this year's finals. Kevin Negandhi, a co-anchor on the 6 P.M. ET SportsCenter, will host the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Negandhi previously hosted the event in 2016 and 2017. Paul Loeffler, a finalist in 1990 and the voice of Fresno State athletics, will return as an expert analyst for a 15th year and ESPN reporter Jen Lada will serve as an interviewer and reporter.
a group of people posing for the camera: May 30, 2019; National Harbor, MD, USA; Rishik Gandhasri, Erin Howard, Saketh Sundar, Shruthika Padhy, Sohum Sukhatankar, Abhijay Kodali, Christopher Serrao and Rohan Raja are all announced as winners during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee.
The 11 finalists are:
This year's Spelling Bee will feature a new format designed to increase the competition in the search of one, true champion. This year, spellers will face new vocabulary questions and, if needed, a tiebreaker round.
The new vocabulary portion, will ask the speller to answer a multiple-choice question during the second round of each competition level all the way to the finals.
For this year's competition, officials can start a "spell-off" to rule out the possibility of a tie. If there's no clear winner with time running down in the last round, all remaining spellers will be given 90 seconds to spell as many words possible from a prepared list. Whoever spells the most words correctly wins the title.
In 2019, a record-breaking eight finalists were named co-champion. All the Spelling Bees from 2014 to 2016 ended in a tie.
a group of people looking at the camera: The "Scripps Cup," the first custom-designed trophy for the spelling bee's 90-year history on display during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Before 2019, no trophies were exclusive to the spelling bee. Until a trophy was commissioned to honor the competition's legacy.
Made of porcelain with a carved base in the shape of a book, the cup is radiant with vibrant Gladiolus flowers and bees fluttering around the petals. The trophy was designed by Cincinnati's Rockwood Pottery.
The design celebrates the Spelling Bee's illustrious history. Gladiolus was the word that won the first competition in 1925.
Slide 1 of 75: Rishik Gandhasri, Erin Howard, Saketh Sundar, Shruthika Padhy, Sohum Sukhatankar, Abhijay Kodali, Christopher Serrao and Rohan Raja are all announced as winners of the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 31, 2019.
Slide 2 of 75: Rohan Raja waves to an ESPN camera after he spelled the word "calathos" correctly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 30, 2019.
Slide 3 of 75: Nicholas D’Sa is greeted by spellers not in the final round after he spelled the word ‘jalap’ incorrectly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 30, 2019.
Slide 4 of 75: Audience members look on during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 30, 2019.
Slide 5 of 75: Abhijay Kodali spells the word "auftaktigkeit" correctly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 30, 2019.
Slide 6 of 75: Aisha Randhawa spelled the word "cuirassier" incorrectly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 30, 2019.
Slide 7 of 75: Hephzibah Sujoe is greeted by spellers not competing after she spelled the word "flaser" incorrectly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 30, 2019.
Slide 8 of 75: Colette Giezentanner and other spellers watch a video featuring her during a break during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 30, 2019.
Slide 9 of 75: Melodie Loya spells the word "madrague" correctly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 30, 2019.
Slide 10 of 75: Sahil Langote listens to other spellers during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2019.
Slide 11 of 75: Harini Logan spells the word "butyraldehyde" correctly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2019.
Slide 12 of 75: Lauren Guo spells the word "lychnoscope" incorrectly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2019.
Slide 13 of 75: Sahil Langote spells the word ‘tessellar" correctly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2019.
Slide 14 of 75: Colette Giezentanner spells the word "oxyrhynch" correctly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2019.
Slide 15 of 75: Sebastian Castilla reacts after he spells word "cyclazocine" during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2019.
Slide 16 of 75: Colette Giezentanner spells the word "yaxche" correctly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2019.
Slide 17 of 75: Melodie Loya spells the word "gnotobiotic" correctly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2019.
Slide 18 of 75: Vayun Krishna spells the word "teledu" during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2019.
Slide 19 of 75: Evan Hunter spells the word "stemma" incorrectly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee, Msy 30, 2019.
Slide 20 of 75: Sahil Langote spells the word "nosology" during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2019.
Slide 21 of 75: Dhyana Mishra spells the word "morigeration" during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2019.
Slide 22 of 75: Anson Cook spells the word "ergodic" incorrectly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2019.
Slide 23 of 75: Kyra Hutchison spells the word "dialectician" correctly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 29, 2019.
Slide 24 of 75: Catherine Mew spells the word "trimester" correctly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 29, 2019.
Slide 25 of 75: Kristin Milburn spells the word "erelong’"incorrectly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 29, 2019.
Slide 26 of 75: Frank Salzeider spells the word "obstruent" correctly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 29, 2019.
Slide 27 of 75: Kristina Martos spells the word "emulous" correctly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 2019.
Slide 28 of 75: Jethro Adriel Solidum spells the word "Richter" incorrectly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 29, 2019.
Slide 29 of 75: Emily Mike spells the word "bloodcurdling" correctly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 29, 2019.
Slide 30 of 75: Emily Mike and Jasmine Fernandez hug as they pass each other on the stage during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 29, 2019.
Slide 31 of 75: Nithika Rangan spells the word "disillusion" incorrectly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 29, 2019.
Slide 32 of 75: Luke Suko spells the word "epigrammatic" correctly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 29, 2019.
Slide 33 of 75: Ashleigh Jarrett from Jamaica spells the word "ventriloquism" correctly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 29, 2019.
Slide 34 of 75: Yifan Zhang spells the word "fallible" correctly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 29, 2019.
Slide 35 of 75: Cerelia Lesko spells the word "Daliesque" correctly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 29, 2019.
Slide 36 of 75: Louise Julia Grimaldo spells the word "iconoclastic" correctly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 29, 2019.
Slide 37 of 75: Jael Green spells the word "hyena" correctly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 29, 2019.
Slide 38 of 75: Abigail Vanasse spells "quantitative" correctly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 29, 2019.
Slide 39 of 75: Robert Gerloff spelled the word "Michigander" correctly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 29, 2019.
Slide 40 of 75: Yolanda Ni spells the word "blottesque" correctly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 28, 2019.
Slide 41 of 75: Trinity Foster spells the word "opulent" correctly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 28, 2019.
Slide 42 of 75: Rohan Phanse spells the word "emendation" correctly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 28, 2019.
Slide 43 of 75: Guy Peretz from Florida spells the word "monomachy" correctly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 28, 2019.
Slide 44 of 75: Christopher Gugleta spells the word "connoisseur" incorrectly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 28, 2019.
Slide 45 of 75: Bryson Browning spells the word "labradoodle" correctly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 28, 2019.
Slide 46 of 75: Rena Humes from South Carolina spells the word "systole" correctly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 28, 2019.
Slide 47 of 75: James Roach walks to the microphone before spelling the word "topsy-turviness" correctly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 28, 2019.
Slide 48 of 75: Akash Vukoti waits for his turn to spell during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 28, 2019.
Slide 49 of 75: Sky Estrada spells the word "hartal" during during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 28, 2019.
Slide 50 of 75: Surya Kapu spells the word "puchero" correctly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 28, 2019.
Slide 51 of 75: Camden Armstrong from Alaska spells the word "misshapen" correctly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 28, 2019.
Slide 52 of 75: Josiah Carter Daily spells the word "postern" incorrectly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 28, 2019.
Slide 53 of 75: Samhita Kumar spells the word "univalent" correctly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 28, 2019.
Slide 54 of 75: Dorothy Maria Burton from Canada spells the word "elegize" incorrectly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 28, 2019.
Slide 55 of 75: Grant Wiebe spells the word "aquaflorium" incorrectly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 28, 2019.
Slide 56 of 75: Nithika Rangan spells the word "disillusion" incorrectly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 28, 2019.
Slide 57 of 75: 8th grader Anish Tejomurtula from spelled the word "Valparaiso" incorrectly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 28, 2019.
Slide 58 of 75: Harrison Hanley spelled the word "cannellini" incorrectly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Slide 59 of 75: Isabel Liu spelled the word ‘perdure’ correctly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Slide 60 of 75: Kristin Milburn spelled the word "conciliate" correctly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Slide 61 of 75: Ava Himmelsbach spelled the word "abeyance" correctly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Slide 62 of 75: Dhyana Mishra spelled the word "neoprene" correctly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 28, 2019.
Slide 63 of 75: The stage of the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 28, 2019.
Slide 64 of 75: Joseph Vicente high fives Trinity Foster during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 28, 2019.
Slide 65 of 75: Daniel Wu and Saisurya Lakkimsetti listen to spellers during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 28. 2019.
Slide 66 of 75: 8th grader Nealin Banerjee spells the word "courlan" incorrectly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee on May, 28, 2019.
Slide 67 of 75: Rodrigo Medinilla yawns as he listens to other spellers during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 28, 2019.
Slide 68 of 75: 3rd grader Nithika Rangan from Calif. spells the word "jonquil" correctly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 28, 2019.
Slide 69 of 75: 6th grader Charles Fennell spells the word "koto" correctly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 28, 2019.
Slide 70 of 75: Darian Douglas from Jamaica spells the word "clairvoyance" correctly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 28, 2019.
Slide 71 of 75: Jael Green spells the word "patronage" correctly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 28. 2019.
Slide 72 of 75: Rodrigo Medinilla spells the word "annelid" correctly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 28, 2019.
Slide 73 of 75: Arthur Tang spells the word "fra diavolo" correctly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 28, 2019.
Slide 74 of 75: Jeremiah Markose waits for his turn to spell during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 28, 2019.
Slide 75 of 75: Benjamin Edmunds spelled the word "metage" correctly during the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 28, 2019.
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