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It was the night the bee was broken and the dictionary humiliated.
The Scripps National Spelling Bee ended eight on Friday morning after Rishik Gandhasri, Erin Howard, Saketh Sundar, Shruthika Padhy, Sukhatankar Sohum, Abhijay Kodali, Christopher Serrao and Rojan Raja combined their last 47 words with perfect perfect rounds, a demonstration of unparalleled accuracy in the 94 years of the competition.
The unprecedented result was made possible after the surprise announcement by the official pronoun Jacques Bailly at the end of the 17th round – the second in a row without elimination – where it was acknowledged that the organizers were short of difficult words and that the spellchecker was still alive after. three more rounds would be declared co-champions.
"Champions, we are in unknown territory," said Bailly. "We still have a lot of words on our list, but we will soon run out of words that may possibly challenge you, the most phenomenal bademblage of super spellers in the history of this competition."
The organizers had discussed the possible emergency plan earlier Thursday after a five-and-a-half-hour morning session had been required to move from 50 to 16 players who competed in front of a national television audience at the hours prime time – but the rules change. took the eighth and the gallery at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center by surprise.
The co-champions have been declared in six previous national Spelling Bees – 1950, 1957, 1962, 2014, 2015 and 2016 – but never before have more than two competitors shared the title in a single year.
Each will receive the full prize winner of $ 50,000 in cash.
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