2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee Finals

Spelling Bee Finals

[@themanwhoknewtoomuch6667]

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

[@robertcroxtonjr2025]

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]

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

[@themanwhoknewtoomuch6667]

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

[@GamingFanactic911]

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.

[@labayadere7643]

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]

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]

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

[@rootsOfMadness15]

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]

10/10 comment

[@Chona7802]

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

[@malexmartinez4007]

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.

[@dankgamingmlg3377]

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

[@syedabilgrami6603]

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

[@AyanAli-py7ci]

You're acting like she made a time machine

[@syedabilgrami6603]

@@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]

A thing of beauty is a joy forever - John Kates

[@GamingFanactic911]

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

[@Bcdf-ei9el]

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

[@dexgen4809]

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

[@Mariam-qd9yf]

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

[@imanighana4385]

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.😏

[@joeeeee7]

I just love when indians win spelling bee finals

[@John_NYT]

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

[@gregoriojrdiokno9376]

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

[@claudeenfarquharson5888]

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]

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

[@dendennis9060]

Thank U, Infinite Intelligence 😇

[@benedictrodil4931]

Anybody have a link to the Semifinals?

[@rootsOfMadness15]

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

[@malexmartinez4007]

Is there a link to 2023 finals?

[@Psammofiles]

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

[@SuryaK_213]

you are absolutely right dev

[@anenglishvillageforroberti2863]

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

[@bahayhashts4797]

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

[@allthegoodstuff3394]

Children of Indian origin excel at spellings❤

[@IvoryEdits]

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

[@oladipupocoker8380]

Wow that's is cool piece of 🎂

[@ennakavi2129]

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

[@sanghamitrasingh891]

Congratulations harini🥳🥳

[@Psammofiles]

she wasnt supposed to win. her appeal was bogus

[@thecheesegenius3817]

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

[@mohammadhanif7024]

way to go Harini!

[@jesswinter]

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.

[@robertcroxtonjr2025]

he was really emotional. totally understandable.

[@eskay1891]

Looks like you have never seen a kid in competition

[@Rams8148]

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

[@GamingFanactic911]

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

[@oladipupocoker8380]

Colane is the best thing ever

[@oladipupocoker8380]

WOW that's is cool

[@benthewheel30]

In the UK all masks were gone by June 2022

[@hirensukhdiya4426]

Most of contestants have indian roots.

[@Psammofiles]

thank you?

[@loveOldMen2023]

Is It only for imigrant?

[@TheIroncladCommander]

No, but many participate in the Spelling Bee

[@JuanRodriguez-tf7fh]

Where's Akeelah?!

[@praveer108]

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

[@oladipupocoker8380]

Do well😀🍭🇵🇹

[@amitkhandelwal4224]

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

[@AyanAli-py7ci]

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.

[@Psammofiles]

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

[@disappearintothesea]

Indians have dominated the spelling bee since forever.

[@shivamgen1275]

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]

They are Americans.

[@wobblyorbee279]

2:00:28

[@Psammofiles]

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

[@malexmartinez4007]

How do u know they are better?

[@MohammedKhaja-dn4qe]

Couldn’t stand hurting a Cowboys fan

[@akash0307r]

🎉

[@LingLangTheCat]

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

[@Psammofiles]

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

[@chunazre3905]

@Barry Obama 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]

@Barry Obama 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]

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

[@malexmartinez4007]

​@@julpetz5622in what sense is the battle between them the weakest?

[@praveer108]

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.

[@ProfessorofTruth]

Good job Julie!

[@firststudioentertainment2206]

I'm sorry to say, I saw many Asian here...

[@JuanRodriguez-tf7fh]

4:48

[@muralimalyala5505]

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

[@TheIroncladCommander]

Why

[@MohammedKhaja-dn4qe]

2:27:53 That aged like milk

[@Psammofiles]

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

[@MohammedKhaja-dn4qe]

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

[@oladipupocoker8380]

Harini go se what you have got

[@oladipupocoker8380]

Zombie Monster jam Truck

[@flavanone9884]

conoracious

[@sujithas7832]

Indians

[@sujithas7832]

Nerds,,,,,

[@JuanRodriguez-tf7fh]

5:26