80th Scripps National Spelling Bee


The 80th Scripps National Spelling Bee was held on May 30–31, 2007.
The winner was 13-year-old Evan O'Dorney from Danville, California. He won in Round 13 by correctly spelling '. The runner-up was Nate Gartke from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada who misspelled '.
There were 286 spellers this year, 139 boys and 147 girls. Fifty-nine survived the first day. By lunchtime of day two, it was down to 33, and 15 by 2 pm. Andrew Lay's correct spelling of "negus" and surprised response became a popular video snippet. The showdown began between O’Dorney and Gartke when both contestants were the last to survive correctly spelling 7 consecutive words each.
The first place prize was $50,000 in cash, and additional prizes from Scripps.
The championship finals aired live on ABC from 8:00 PM to shortly after 10:00 p.m. EDT.

Word list championship round