1. Tejas is currently 17 years old.

2. He is a four-time Scripps Spelling Bee participant

3. Tejas was a 2017 RTD Person of the Year honoree.

4. Tejas and his family are from Henrico County, Virginia.

5. He is multi-lingual. He speaks English fluently and is also studying Russian, French, and Turkish.

6. 2017 was Tejas’s last year as a competitor in the National Scripps Spelling Bee. That was when Tejas was in 8th grade and wrapped up a spelling career which captivated a Richmond region according to Richmond.com.

7. In a video he offered a special message to his fellow competitors in the Scripps Spelling Bee for 2019.

8. What did Tejas do the first summer after he wrapped up his spelling career? Spent two spelling-free weeks at Yellowstone National Park and took a trip to North Carolina with his family. Plus he enjoyed more tv.

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1. Ashrita’s favorite book is “Brown Girl Dreaming” by Jackie Woodson

2. Ashrita Gandhari is 10 years old

3. She and her family are from North Andover, Massachusetts but currently living in Ashburn, Virginia

4. Ashrita was the winner of the Loudoun County Public Schools spelling bee who correctly spells “Citronella” and “photophilic” according to insidenova.com

5. According to the Chicago Sun Times, Ashrita was competing with kids twice her age when she was only 5 years old.

6. She competed in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in 2018

7. Ashrita Gandhari talks about her first time in a spelling bee. She was at an art competition, she heard about the spelling be and wanted to try it for “fun.” Ashrita relays that she didn’t prepare anything and came in 3rd while competing against eighth graders.

8. In an interview with Ashrita’s mother, she said that Ashrita has been participating in South Asian Spelling Bees since she was 5 years old.

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1. Shourav’s sister Shobha is also a spelling master.

2. He says he tries to copy his sister with her calm demeanor up at the podium during spelling bees, so it can remove outside distractions.

3. Shourav loves to wear the color red at spelling bees and he thinks it helps him win.

4. Shourav and his family live in Spring, Texas like his fellow contestant, Akash Vukoti.

5. Shourav is currently 17 years old in 2020.

6. His favorite sport is tennis and he has been playing the sport since 2nd grade!

7. The person he would most like to meet is James Harden who plays for the Houston Rockets basketball team.

8. According to the NYTimes, Shourav and his sister Shobha heard about the Scripps National Spelling Bee being canceled due to COVID in 2020 so they chose to create their own national spelling bee, taking place all online.

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1. Akash Vukoti became the youngest contestant to qualify for the Scripps National Spelling Bee in 2016 at only 6 years old.

2. He was born in 2010 and turns 10 this year.

3. Akash is a prodigy and first competed in a spelling bee when he was, get this, 2 years old!

4. According to Gosanangelo.com, Akash and his family moved to San Angelo, Texas when he was 5 years old.

5. He appeared on Dancing with the Stars Juniors in 2018 on ABC and danced with Kamri. You can see a photo of the two of them below where he is wishing his former dancing partner a Happy Birthday.

6. He has an older sister named Amrita who he is very close to.

7. Akash received the Global Child Prodigies Award for languages, named as one of the Top 100 Child Prodigies across the world.

8. His birthday is on May 29th. Here he is celebrating his birthday with his parents, sister, and stuffed dog!

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