National Spelling Bee

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I think the format is terribly flawed. Unlike say the geography bee where contestants have to answer the same questions, this luck-of-the-draw thing is a joke.

With so many incredibly difficult words during the preliminary rounds I find it inconceivable that the "championship" words could contain "yosenabe" and "serrafine"- two words that I have not only heard of but know how to spell. Of course the Canadian kid gets "coryza" (rigged?).

And did I really hear Stuart Scott use the word "likeability" incorrectly while interviewing the winner? Hilarious. I would have loved to see the kid ask Stuart if he could use the word in a sentence.

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Agree with general sentiment of the thread. Overproduced, waste of Mike and Mike, don't get Scott near smart kids, etc. And ya, the kids were nerdier this year.