The on-stage spelling scores from today's competition were combined with the scores from yesterday's Semifinals computer test to determine the finalists.
At the end of the on-stage spelling rounds, 18 spellers remained. Of those, 11 are advancing to the Championships.
They are:
- Pranav Sivakumar (Speller 64)
- Vanya Shivashankar (Speller 91)
- Christal Schermeister (Speller 41)
- Sriram J. Hathwar (Speller 156)
- Chetan G. Reddy (Speller 238)
- Arvind V. Mahankali (Speller 163)
- Amber Born (Speller 115)
- Grace Remmer (Speller 39)
- Nikitha Chandran (Speller 44)
- Vismaya J. Kharkar (Speller 56)
- Syamantak Payra (Speller 242)
We'll be live on ESPN at 8 p.m. to see them spell.