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This year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee semifinals (live to tape, Wednesday, June 1, at 8 p.m.) and finals (live, Thursday, June 2, at 8 p.m.) are being televised on ION and Bounce.
Nine students, including one from Pennsylvania, will compete in the finals on May 29, 2025. The winner will receive $50,000.
She said she prepares by practicing every day and for hours on the weekend. The Scripps National Spelling Bee will be held in May in National Harbor, Maryland, outside of Washington D.C.
Avinav Prem Anand, 14, of Columbus, Ohio, competes in the first preliminary round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, Tuesday, May 27, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP ...
Faizan Zaki, 13, of Dallas, reacts after spelling a word correctly in the semifinals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) ...
E.W. Scripps CEO Adam Symson carries a trophy for eight co-champions of the Scripps National Spelling Bee as confetti falls, early Friday, May 31, 2019, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ...
Yahya Ali Mohammed, 13, of Geneva, Ill., reacts after spelling a word correctly during the semifinals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md.
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Actor and literacy advocate LeVar Burton will host the 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee. Burton will host the televised semifinals on June 1 and the finals on June 2, 2022.