12-year-old Roy Seligman was eliminated from the Scripps National Spelling Bee last night thanks to an instant replay. The judges initially ruled that he’d spelled his word right, but then they reviewed it and realized he got one letter wrong.
They have spelling bee VAR and this kid just got eliminated because of it pic.twitter.com/ahCzhi2Fjh
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) July 9, 2021
After audio review, the judges determined that #Speller1 Roy Seligman did misspell ambystoma. No one envies the judges on having to make these calls. Roy represented The Bahamas wonderfully tonight and throughout the competition. #SpellingBee #TheBeeIsBack
— Scripps National Spelling Bee (@ScrippsBee) July 9, 2021
