Before the bee, speller 15, Jenna-May Ingal and speller 16, Snehaa Ganesh Kumar, were talking on stage.
"When you walk up to the mic, it feels like everyone's eyes are on you," Jenna-May said.
Snehaa agreed.
"I feel, like, really nervous," she said. "I've done the best I can. ...You have to get lucky, get a word you know."
Snehaa spelled "gibus" correctly to stay in. Jenna-May misspelled "periegesis" and is out.