Like any sport, the actual action - in this case, the spelling - is just a small portion of the broadcast. This, of course, is what we'll see on Thursday night's broadcast. What spellers are askingĪfter spellers get through that gauntlet of tests and waiting, they move on to the glory that is the Championship Finals - an oral spell-off where, by the luck of the draw, spellers can get a cupcake or a word that might send them to their doom. The 12 spellers who come out of the semifinals with the highest scores advance to the championship finals (which air in primetime on ESPN). There, a correct word is worth three points - and an incorrect word means a speller is eliminated.Īfter the preliminary section wraps up, the 50 spellers with the most points advance to the semifinals, where they complete another multiple-choice test Wednesday evening and onstage spelling during the day Thursday. There are also two preliminary rounds of onstage spelling. After that, there are two unique multiple-choice vocabulary questions worth three points each. The first section is about vocabulary and the second about spelling each has 12 questions worth one point. The "preliminaries" consist of both onstage spelling and a computer test with 26 multiple-choice questions, split into four sections.
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