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CTV News
04-07-2025
- Entertainment
- CTV News
Time for the Canada Super Spelling Bee!
Time for the Canada Super Spelling Bee! We'll have M-O-R-E on the competition when and we put our own spelling skills to the T-E-S-T!
CBS News
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
3 teachers hold spelling bee for adults in Chicago's Wicker Park
A crowd turned out in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood Wednesday evening for an adult spelling bee. Three teachers organized the first-ever Wicker Park Spelling Bee in the Chicago Park District park of Wicker Park at Damen Avenue and Schiller Street. Fourth-grade teacher Gracie Hepworth said she was inspired to organize the event while trading TikToks with her friend, teacher Jenna Garcia, and they came across someone who threw a spelling bee party. So they decided, why not hold a spelling bee for adults? "We thought it would be a really fun community event. We're the three teachers on summer break," said Hepworth. "So Jenna and I were talking about it, and then I roped in my fiancé, Matt, who's also a teacher — and one thing led to another." The trio of teachers began putting up simple black-and-white posters around the Wicker Park neighborhood. They also posted a series of TikTok videos, and were shocked that one of them went viral and racked up more than 350,000 views. "Once the TikTok happened, we had no idea what it was going to look like. Our initial instinct was that it would be like maybe a few of our friends, and then maybe a few strangers the posters — probably about 20 people," Hepworth said. "But once we saw how many views it was getting, we had no idea. We all got a little bit nervous. But we were committed to carrying it out, so here we are." Indeed, there were a lot more than 20 people at the spelling bee. They sat on lawn chairs and blankets in the grass, making Wicker Park look more like Ravinia. The teachers said they created the spelling bee because they wanted to spread positivity in their community in an age where social media is dominant in people's lives. They also wanted to get people off their phones to do something in person.
RNZ News
23-06-2025
- Entertainment
- RNZ News
Guy Montgomery is back with his stand-up show
media culture 20 minutes ago He's well known to kiwi audiences through his hit shows - Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee, Have You Been Paying Attention, and Thank God You're Here. Guy has recently found success across the Tasman with the Australian version of his spelling bee show proving a big hit with audiences. The show was picked up for a second season and he's been nominated for a Logie for Most Popular New Talent at the prestigious Australian Televison awards.
Yahoo
10-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Iolani School student represents Hawaii at 100th Scripps National Spelling Bee
HONOLULU (KHON2) — Kira Lau, 13, is a spelling powerhouse. The Iolani School student recently represented Hawai'i at the 100th Scripps National Spelling Bee, a milestone year for the prestigious competition that draws top young spellers from across the country. Calling all Oʻahu teens! These summer volunteer spots fill fast: Photos Kira confidently spelled her first word, Fatimid, and followed up with Marooned—a word she defined as 'abandoned on a deserted island.' She made it through two rounds before facing a written test in Round 3, where her impressive run came to an end. 'I was like, if I got out, I already made it this far. It doesn't matter. I accomplished this,' Kira said. Competing on the national stage was a major shift from Hawai'i's local spelling bee, with the setting being more intense. Check out more news from around Hawaii Held at the Gaylord National Resort Convention Center at the National Harbor, spellers were on stage in a large auditorium with judges directly in front of the spellers and an audience full of parents. 'I was trying not to look at everybody. I was just focusing on Dr. Bailey,' she recalled. Jet lag added another challenge. 'We didn't get off Hawai'i time. We were six hours behind. We'd wake up at 1 p.m. and miss stuff,' Kira said with a laugh. 'Then we'd go down and do the activity for the day and go back to the room after.' Still, Kira says the experience was unforgettable. 'I think of how it started in my classroom with just 10 people. Got all the way to Washington, D.C.' When asked her favorite word to spell, she answered: 'Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.'Her advice for future spelling bee hopefuls? 'Study more than I did,' she said with a smile. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
News.com.au
03-06-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
TV quiz show host shocked as audience member yells out answer
A TV quiz show host was visibly shocked when a member of the studio audience yelled out an answer to a contestant. The bizarre moment happened on the hilarious ABC show, Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee, which returns to screens tonight, Wednesday June 4 (with all episodes to be available on ABC iView from 8.35pm). The program, hosted by comedian Guy Montgomery, tests the spelling prowess of some of Australia's favourite personalities. But one of the contestants, Chinese comedian He Huang, got a little bit of unexpected help while filming an episode for the soon to be released second season. In the clip, which you can watch in the video player above, Huang was struggling to answer a question about flags. She eventually locked in 'Austria' as her answer, before a heckler in the audience quickly corrected her and yelled out, 'Poland!' The contestants could not believe it … '(That's) absolutely illegal,' host Montgomery said to the audience member, much to the amusement of others in the crowd. Speaking to about the hilarious incident, Montgomery said, 'it was just a moment of, not madness, but something got away from them (the audience member) where they had to pitch in.' He continued, 'The show does draw an audience of word nerds or people who believe in themselves as spellers and there is a sense of excitement and frustration that can occur when they're watching a contestant who's approaching a word or so close to being able to spell it.' When asked if he had any words of advice for future audience members, Montgomery joked, 'Keep your mouth shut! Pull your frickin head in!' Roll with the punches Whereas most taped TV quiz shows would have edited the moment out, Montgomery was adamant he wanted to leave it in the final episode. ' I like that in the world of the show, we can just sort of roll with that,' he told 'It's like, 'well that is incredibly unusual and kind of funny and I guess builds on the lunacy and the madness of the universe that we're trying to have inside the spelling bee.'' Other contestants As mentioned, Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee has featured some of Australia's favourite personalities as contestants. Tim Minchin, Wil Anderson, Urzila Carlson, and Tony Armstrong are just some of the big names who competed in the show's first season. When asked which contestant he was most excited about in the upcoming second season, Montgomery named Hamish Blake. 'I grew up a fan (of his) … he's such an influential Australian television comedy figure.' Others who'll feature in season two include Julia Morris, Rove McManus, Denise Scott, Becky Lucas, Josh Thomas and Dave Hughes.
