Watch the 2023 MPS Spelling Bee Finals

It's the 2023 Milwaukee Public Schools Spelling Bee Finals!
The winners of the Bee were named in April - now it’s your chance to see what it took to get to the final rounds!
Don’t miss the epic highs and lows as the best spellers in grades 3-8 duke it out for championship status.
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[@MissJenniMae]

The little girl who misspelled sphere was robbed! The judges should have disqualified that man for mispronouncing it and should have given the child a new word! It is unfortunate she didn’t know from the definition that he was saying it wrong, but each speller deserves a clear, correct and unambiguous pronunciation. That child should get to come back next year and compete without having to win at lower levels to earn her spot. The judges and the adult who pronounced the word failed her, and she is owed another shot!

[@showme443]

I mean he gave here the definition. She obviously didnt know what the word meant They throwing these babies up there unprepared!! This whole contest is unorganized.

[@Cloudy__gaming]

That exact same thing happened to me when I was in like 5th grade a teacher kept saying the words wrong and no students understood them which made a lot of ppl fail, so yes that was very messed up bc he was saying he wrong the entire time

[@rulaibrahim5205]

I mean, the man specifically told the definition, but I actually care about the Bleary/Blurry misunderstanding.

[@TonyRyantpr007]

The context clue (definition/sentence) made it clear. She misunderstood, but it's a shame for her as she can probably spell well.

[@KarpeDiemSemper]

Omg English is my second language and I knew he mispronounced SPHERE 😭 the little girl deserves a chance and the man to be changed right in the spot!!!!

[@yinglong6384]

Same

[@piplup10203854]

1:38:15 That is one of the examples were the pronunciation makes it really difficult to spell. I felt bad for the girl because she had the word right but she couldn't hear the emphasis for the end of the word 😕

[@misse1228]

He used the word in a sentence that showed the meaning. Can't be blamed on pronunciation.

[@piplup10203854]

I felt bad for the girl who spelled spear instead of Sphere honest mistake and his pronunciation made it tough.

[@shoraimulambo1538]

She should have asked the meaning

[@Keen_Keena]

This a very tough but nice competition

[@Keen_Keena]

And I also feel bad for the second girl that guy was to Englishiy😢

[@jt9371]

I feel for the second little girl. The guy said spear and she spelled spear

[@Miagrowthpodcast]

Wow I appreciate it

[@trading_pawns]

Buddy why is the thumbnail a little girl crying you guys are cruel 💀

[@user-ct4qx6go4m]

most of the time the thumbnail is randomly picked by KZbin

[@Ken.-]

@@user-ct4qx6go4m KZbin doesn't pick thumbnails. The girl isn't crying either. That's just how her face looks.

[@user-ct4qx6go4m]

@@Ken.- I meant it in the sense that if you don't pick a thumbnail KZbin takes a random frame from your video and uses that. In retrospect I should have realized the small logo on the bottom left corner

[@reneenelsen7416]

The girl with sphere heard the guy say spear, as I did one of the times he tried pronouncing it. He should be better at pronouncing the words. INMO.

[@Ginger_Spicy_Candor]

and pronunciations like that is why kids are having a hard time learning in public schools but then people blame the kids. look at their educators!

[@al69420]

I could relate to the kid at 36:46 for some reason lol. The way he gets stoked when he gets one right is like my younger self would be lol. He’s gonna be a G when older.

[@AcademicJaedon]

i love how you said “some reason” and proceeded to explain the reason. Truly the comment of all time (this is not an insult)

[@MegaRanjee]

I felt bad for the girl that had to pronounce ‘fatigued’ it was not well pronounced by that lady. The lady pronounced it as ‘fatigue’.

[@ariqasri1620]

1:38:38 💀💀💀

[@_grindset]

the sphere girl was done dirty

[@yuzxfboxedu]

What are you talking about they literally said something similar to a ball or globe 🧐

[@dogsrule2024]

YA

[@rulaibrahim5205]

​@@yuzxfboxedu I agree, and the spear is a weapon

[@nanakonadu4242]

Wow they have worked very hard to get on that stage

[@abby5315]

That was cheating on the little poor girl. The moderator mispronounced "sphere saying spare/spear"

[@ggkk21889]

coordinate 39:26 39:26 somebody yelled incorrect

[@sumbeamedits9354]

I have a school spelling bee tonight and I’m so scared!

[@russiangrape_5692]

What’s the time stamp for the sphere girl

[@Ken.-]

1:55

[@maverickhanecak1682]

That kid looks like Erica Sinclair (Priah Ferguson) from season 2

[@tolulopeoduleye9546]

no

[@crashh-course]

"burlap" girl flipped her braids and walked off, she's just like a younger me!! i wish i had a chance to do these when i was this age :(

[@ListenSpeakReadWrite]

I think they (the people in charge) need to be clear about pronunciation of the words before the contest starts. If a word is pronounced incorrectly the word may be spelled incorrectly. The definition only helps if the child understands the definition.

[@AcademicJaedon]

1:55 that pronunciation man

[@al69420]

“Valuable” and “reminder” are in the FINALS??? Sign me up I’ll Derk on these kids!!

[@Govindawarrior25]

It's cool 😎

[@rulaibrahim5205]

11:01 💀 I thought they had to pause the bee

[@funkleVR69]

That man who said blurry and sphere should be disqualified he clearly wanted them to lose

[@rulaibrahim5205]

The sphere was pretty sad but I wouldn't of got out as he specifically told the definition, but for bleary, It has a similar definition to blurry

[@rulaibrahim5205]

About the Nadia Kirby incident that happened aka the sphere, the man told the definition

[@anthonyb119]

Not beating goku tho 😮‍💨💪

[@jovanealebachew5140]

I love spelling

[@al69420]

1:42:58 Gaylen stoned as helllll 😂

[@spademakers7094]

Gaylen is fucking crazy💀

[@sungheepark9404]

I misspelled fluorescent (I’m in Ramona Elementary)

[@sungheepark9404]

P.S. Me and my friend M.M. are 3rd. Grade

[@lattybrown7056]

The man said spear

[@Ken.-]

Doesn't matter. She didn't even know what it was.

[@maltitikabiru6161]

wow

[@ariqasri1620]

1:11:08 💀💀💀

[@K1ngTrxshPvP]

How 😂

[@Govindawarrior25]

I want to be in that show

[@RajatKumarSarangi-ym4xj]

I bet only one 4th gradeindian students would have topped the first prize without any fault

[@JafarAuwal-cg6sr]

Good

[@user-ct4qx6go4m]

HALAL 👍

[@DaniMonz]

Cubicle

[@rulaibrahim5205]

I thought it was Cubical XD

[@Eggforall176]

Dont they get allowed to ask for the meaning

[@ccwnoob4393]

"S-h-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e--t". No. You kloo dih to mu chaw. Sheeeeet

[@jblovsoccer]

Hspelt cubicle wrong how he get a 2nd chance

[@Govindawarrior25]

I don't get it 😅

[@starii_stars]

They did so well

[@janiceellis6513]

The moderator who read sphere is not good at pronouncing words. I was disturbed by the incident of where the child spelled spear! So unfair to that baby. I let an English teacher from Harvard watch this….she said this child was robbed!!!!

[@MegaRanjee]

Agree

[@rulaibrahim5205]

Well, he basically told the definition and the spear is a weapon, not a circle

[@al69420]

Now bring out the participation trophies for the non winners!! 😂 … damn I’m old and bitter … and I’m 27 lol. That’s what working 80 hour weeks for a decade does to you lol.

[@luzslgd75]

Dthk

[@user-kg9su9gu4z]

Bi

[@olesyam6613]

z

[@mustapha5836]

Sphere, s.....something, then spear The first speaker must've had a low degree in pronunciation .

[@nonamehowisgoogleusingourd886]

Blurry? His pronunciation is not that great. I heard blurry...

[@chelseaayorindee]

she spelled that wrong boo do better

[@mabelanntoman-harvey1261]

In english come alentan parphanshanaon

[@mabelanntoman-harvey1261]

It means relaxing

[@mabelanntoman-harvey1261]

I'm autisum and I'm 26

[@mabelanntoman-harvey1261]

Holy angel sault ste marie ontario canada

[@mabelanntoman-harvey1261]

Cequises Cequises

[@mabelanntoman-harvey1261]

T-bone trone

[@Ginger_Spicy_Candor]

That was unfair to the young lady who heard spear because I also heard him pronounce spear. They should not have someone that cannot speak pronouncing words for children.

[@Govindawarrior25]

Well not at all

[@priscamadiro3077]

f

[@al69420]

“H-O-C-K-Y” cmon bruhh really? Hockey 🏒!!!!!