The Great Australian Spelling Bee season 1

The first season of The Great Australian Spelling Bee premiered on Network Ten on 3 August 2015.[1] The season was hosted by Grant Denyer and Chrissie Swan,[2] and also starred Chris Edmund as pronouncer.[3]

The Great Australian Spelling Bee
Season 1
No. of episodes12
Release
Original networkNetwork Ten
Original release3 August (2015-08-03) –
8 September 2015 (2015-09-08)
Season chronology
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Season 2

Anirudh won the season, receiving a $50,000 education scholarship, $10,000 worth of equipment for his school, a Macquarie Dictionary, a Sprout computer, and a HP Pro Slate 8 tablet in prizes. In addition, the five runners-up received scholarships worth $10,000, a HP Pro Slate 8 tablet, and $1,000 of education goods for their school.[4]

Contestants

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The series began with 52 contestants aged 8–13 years old which was cut down to the Top 26.[3][5]

Speller Top 26 Top 24 Top 20 Top 16 Top 12 Top 8[6] Final[7]
Anirudh Safe (speed spell) Safe (speed spell ) Immune Immune Safe (flash cards ) Safe (Letter By Letter) Champion
Grace D Safe (Speed Spell) Safe (Speed Spell) Safe (Flash Cards) Safe (Flash Cards) Immune Safe
(Final Spelling Bee)
2nd
Mica Krzyzanowski Safe (Speed Spell) Safe (Speed Spell) Immune Safe (Speed Spell) Safe (Speed Spell) Safe (Show and Spell) 3rd
Harrison Safe (flash cards ) Safe (flash cards ) Immune Immune Safe (speed spell ) Safe (Letter By Letter) 4th
Harpita Safe (Flash Cards) Immune Safe (Flash Cards) Safe (Speed Spell) Safe
(Final Spelling Bee)
Safe
(Final Spelling Bee)
5th
Marko Safe (Speed Spell) Safe (Speed Spell) Safe (Speed Spell) Safe
(Final Spelling Bee)
Immune Safe (Show and Spell) 6th
Amelia Safe (Speed Spell) Safe (Flash Cards) Safe (Flash Cards) Immune Safe (Flash Cards) Eliminated
Peyton Safe (Flash Cards) Immune Safe (Flash Cards) Immune Safe
(Final Spelling Bee)
Eliminated
Amanda Safe (Speed Spell) Safe (Flash Cards) Safe
(Final Spelling Bee)
Safe (Speed Spell) Eliminated
Grace P Safe (Spell Check) Safe
(Final Spelling Bee)
Safe (Flash Cards) Safe (Flash Cards) Eliminated
Harpith Safe (Spell Check) Immune Safe (Speed Spell) Safe
(Final Spelling Bee)
Eliminated
Karl Safe (Spell Check) Immune Safe (Speed Spell) Safe (Speed Spell) Eliminated
Aimee Safe (Speed Spell) Safe (Flash Cards) Safe (Flash Cards) Eliminated
Holly T Safe (Spell Check) Immune Immune Eliminated
Jye Safe (Flash Cards) Safe
(Final Spelling Bee)
Safe
(Final Spelling Bee)
Eliminated
Stuart Safe
(Final Spelling Bee)
Safe (Flash Cards) Immune Eliminated
Holly R Safe (Flash Cards) Safe (Flash Cards) Eliminated
Jack B Safe (Speed Spell) Safe (Speed Spell) Eliminated
Ryan Safe
(Final Spelling Bee)
Immune Eliminated
Tej Safe (Flash Cards) Safe (Speed Spell) Eliminated
Bella Safe (Speed Spell) Eliminated
Ben Safe (Speed Spell) Eliminated
Josie Safe (Flash Cards) Eliminated
Timothy Safe (Flash Cards) Eliminated
Josh Eliminated
Jack H Eliminated

Episodes

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Episode 1

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This episode consisted of 4 person heats, with 2 in each group winning a spot in the top 26.

Episode 2

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At the beginning of the episode it was announced that Emma had to quit the competition due to family reasons. Because of this Harpith (as the most successful eliminated contestant) was brought back into the competition. In the first challenge of the season Speed Spell, the spellers had to spell as many words as they could in a limited amount of time. The top 10 spellers would win immunity. The people that won immunity were Ben, Mica, Grace D, Anirudh, Marko, Amanda, Jack B, Amelia, Bella, Aimee in no particular order. In the second competition Speed Spell 1v1 writing competitions happened the winner of the 1v1 would win immunity. In the final competition before the spelling bee the 8 remaining spellers had to see if the word was misspelled if it was then the speller had to spell correctly that word. If they got it right for the misspelled word and spelled the word correctly they would get immunity. The spelling bee lasted 1 round because Jack and Joshua got their words wrong round 1.

Episode 3

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Team Spellers Results
Letter by Letter Show and Spell Spelling Bee
Blue Harrison 7 points (4th) N/A
Mica
Amanda
Jye
Stuart
Tej
Green Marko 10 points (1st) Lost Tiebreaker (3rd) N/A
Grace D
Bella
Jack B
Anirudh
Timothy
Red Holly R 8 points (2nd) 3 points (1st) 7th
Grace P 4th
Aimee 12th
Amelia 5th
Josie 11th
Ben 2nd
Yellow Harpith 8 points (2nd) Won Tiebreaker (2nd) 1st
Karl 10th
Peyton 9th
Holly T 6th
Harpita 3rd
Ryan 8th

Episode 4

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At the end of Speed Spell, the Top 6 were deemed safe from elimination. In no particular order, those spellers were Marko, Anirudh, Mica, Tej, Grace D and Jack B. The remaining 12 spellers went head-to-head in Flash Cards, where the theme was technology. The winning spellers, Harrison, Aimee, Amelia, Amanda, Holly R and Stuart were then safe from elimination. In the final spelling bee, 6 spellers spelling in multiple rounds to determine the 2 spellers who would be safe from elimination (Jye and Grace P). The other 4 spellers, Ben, Bella, Timothy and Josie were sent home.

Episode 5

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In the Final Spelling Bee, Yellow Team was facing defeat against Green Team. It was a three-on-one situation, as Green Team had three members and Yellow Team only had Mica as their last member. However, Mica rallied in an impressive showing to obtain an astounding come-from-behind victory and gain immunity for her team.

Team Letter By Letter Show and Spell Final Spelling Bee
Grace P
Tej
Amanda
Jack B
Marko
Out N/A
Amelia
Ryan
Aimee
Grace D
Peyton
In Out N/A
Holly R
Jye
Harpith
Harpita
Karl
In Out
Mica
Stuart
Holly T
Anirudh
Harrison
In Win

Ratings

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The Great Australian Spelling Bee (season 1) overnight ratings, with metropolitan viewership and nightly position
Episode Original airdate Timeslot approx. Viewers
(Millions)
Rank
(Night)
Source
1 "Episode One" 3 August 2015 (2015-08-03) Monday 7:30 pm 0.921 #7 [8]
2 "Episode Two" 4 August 2015 (2015-08-04) Tuesday 7:30 pm 0.801 #8 [9]
3 "Episode Three" 10 August 2015 (2015-08-10) Monday 7:30 pm 0.655 #16 [10]
4 "Episode Four" 11 August 2015 (2015-08-11) Tuesday 7:30 pm 0.642 #12 [11]
5 "Episode Five" 17 August 2015 (2015-08-17) Monday 7:30 pm 0.662 #16 [12]
6 "Episode Six" 18 August 2015 (2015-08-18) Tuesday 7:30 pm 0.616 #16 [13]
7 "Episode Seven" 24 August 2015 (2015-08-24) Monday 7:30 pm 0.665 #16 [14]
8 "Episode Eight" 25 August 2015 (2015-08-25) Tuesday 7:30 pm 0.589 #16 [15]
9 "Episode Nine" 31 August 2015 (2015-08-31) Monday 7:30 pm 0.639 #19 [16]
10 "Episode Ten" 1 September 2015 (2015-09-01) Tuesday 7:30 pm 0.624 #14 [17]
11 "Episode Eleven" 7 September 2015 (2015-09-07) Monday 7:30 pm 0.662 #16 [18]
12 "Grand Final" 8 September 2015 (2015-09-08) Tuesday 7:30 pm 0.755 #11 [19]
"Winner Announced" 0.901 #7

References

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