There are 49 semifinalists. Each scored at least 29 out of a possible 36 points between the on-stage and written spellings.
The semifinalists include four spellers who have made the finals before, three people whose siblings have one the top prize at the bee and three spellers who achieved perfect scores between the written test and on-stage spelling.
The semifinalists are:
Speller 1, Victor Sutton, from Auburn, Alabama
Speller 5, Marcus Behling, from Chandler, Arizona
Speller 9, Eesha Sohail, from Bakersfield, California
Speller 12, Jillian Grace Fusi, from El Centro, California
Speller 13, Cooper Komatsu, from Culver City, California
Speller 15, Jenna-May Ingal, from Cathedral City, California
Speller 16, Snehaa Ganesh Kumar, from Folsom, California
Speller 29, Sylvie Lamontagne, from Lakewood, Colorado
Speller 35, Vaishnavi Suren, from Jacksonville, Florida
Speller 39, Siyona Mishra, from Orlando, Florida
Speller 45, Monisha Mahadevan, from Atlanta, Georgia
Speller 62, Aniken Nuthalapati, from Buffalo Grove, Illinois
Speller 76, Cy Orentlicher, from Indianapolis, Indiana
Speller 87, Sara-Beth Alina McPherson, from Kingston, Jamaica
Speller 90, Vanya Shivashankar, from Olathe Kansas. Vanya is a former finalist and her sister, Kavya, was the 2009 champion.
Speller 92, Paul Keaton, from Lexington, Kentucky
Speller 112, Christy Jose Jestin, from Boston, Massachusetts
Speller 117, Lily Mears, from Grand Haven, Michigan
Speller 122, Nathaniel Britton, from Shelby, Michigan
Speller 128, Maxwell Meyer, from Minnetonka, Minnesota
Speller 130, Christine Farnberg, from Rochester, Minnesota
Speller 132, Dev Jaiswal, from Louisville, Mississippi. Dev got a perfect score on the written test.
Speller 136, River Blount, from Annapolis, Missouri
Speller 140, Gokul Venkatachalam, from Chesterfield, Missouri. Gokul is a former finalist who finished third last year. He got a perfect score on the written test.
Speller 144, Arushi Kalpande, from Nashua, New Hampshire
Speller 153, Jairam Hathwar, from Corning, New York. Jairam's brother, Sriram was a co-champion in 2014.
Speller 158, Sai Vishudhi Chandrasekhar, from New York, New York
Speller 159, Srinath Mahankali, from Bayside, New York. Srinath's brother, Arvind, was the 2013 champion.
Speller 164, Dylan O'Connor, from Alexandria Bay, New York.
Speller 167, Akshra Paimagam, from Charlotte, North Carolina
Speller 173, Rohan Sachdev, from Cary, North Carolina
Speller 181, Owen Kovalik, from Medina, Ohio
Speller 183, Lipika Narisetti, from Hilliard, Ohio
Speller 185, Manu Nair, from Union, Kentucky
Speller 186, Abhilash Yarlagadda, from Cincinnati, Ohio
Speller 198, Melina Gabele, from Wickliffe, Ohio
Speller 200, Cole Shafer-Ray, from Norman, Oklahoma. Cole got a perfect score on the written test.
Speller 207, William Yaeger, from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Speller 234, Smrithi Upadhyayula, from Coppell, Texas
Speller 236, Michelle Yakubek, from Fort Worth, Texas
Speller 237, Shobha Dasari, from The Woodlands, Texas
Speller 238, Siddharth Krishnakumar, from Pearland, Texas
Speller 246, Muriel Cotman, from Cuero, Texas
Speller 255, Samuel Pereles, from Waynesboro, Virginia. Samuel is a former finalist.
Speller 259, Shiv Dang Lamba, from Leesburg, Virginia
Speller 261, Ankita Vadiala, from Manassas, Virginia
Speller 264, Tejas Muthusamy, from Richmond, Virginia. Tejas is a former finalist.
Speller 282, Arjun Jagjivan, from West Hartford, Connecticut
Speller 284, Katharine Wang, from Morristown, New Jersey