Round 6

Round 5 was a whirlwind, but not a killer round.......about 40% were dusted off, not too bad. Bee moving right along, ESPN probably wants to whittle down to 12 finalists by the end of this round. This is the money round to the ABC Finals, everyone!!!

Laura Newcombe.......this could be her coming out party go get to the finals.......need to get a little lucky here on "scrannel".........WOW!!!! Amazing. Mother knows she's on her way to Primetime. Amazing feeling for a viewer too, gotta be. Any viewer with a pulse.

Grace Remmer will be here again, and a 13th place finish this year will make her a threat for next year and years to come. "Jehu..."

Aldrin D'Silva.....another threat... could see him at the end of the night. However, maybe something better than a T-shirt for prime time?......not gonna get there anyway. Wow, will ANYONE make it to prime time??

TEAM ILLINOIS....Gina Liu......Guarnerius, YES......I sounded it out........It's Gina's full name, plus or minus a few letters........DO IT....omg, overthought it.......geez, that's unfortunate, your heart really breaks for these kids.

Lanson Tang, lol, "Hey." That was me at age 14, I believe. First speller in this round to look like he actually knew the word.
These spellers HAVE to know at this point they're in prime time if they spell correctly. Lotsa pressure. In and you're a star on ABC for a night. And you don't have to go through numerous casting calls for reality TV to get there neither.

If Neetu Chandak's mom doesn't act quickly after her misspell last round, and she's not back in the bee. Big pat on the back. Wow. Absolute confidence for Neetu and gets it wrong, that's rough. Spelled 2 out of 3 rounds in the Semifinals wrong. May have to chalk it up to just a rough day. THIS FIELD IS WIDE OPEN!!!!!!!!

Dropping like flies, ESPN cries mercy and saves the rest of the action for prime time. One of these spellers is going to become the National Spelling bee champion, ladies and gentlemen. I'll see you in primetime.

Fantasize on,

Robert Yan