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.
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!
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.
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.
@@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" .
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.😏
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
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 .
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.
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)
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.
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
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.
@@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
@@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.
@@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 :(
