The Great Australian Spelling Bee

The Great Australian Spelling Bee
GenreReality
Presented by
StarringChris Edmund
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes22
Production
Production locationsSydney, New South Wales
Running time60 minutes
Production companyEndemol Shine Australia
Original release
Network
Release3 August 2015 (2015-08-03) –
17 September 2016 (2016-09-17)
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The Great Australian Spelling Bee was an Australian reality series on Network Ten. Hosted by Grant Denyer and Chrissie Swan,[1] and produced by Shine Australia,[2] the series premiered from 3 August 2015 until 17 September 2016.[3] The series also stars Chris Edmund as pronouncer.[4][5]

The series is based on the spelling bee competition whereby contestants are required to spell presented words which vary in their degree of difficulty.

For the first season, the winner received a $50,000 education scholarship, $10,000 worth of equipment for his school, a Macquarie Dictionary, a Sprout computer, and an HP Pro Slate 8 tablet. In addition, the five runners-up received scholarships worth $10,000, an HP Pro Slate 8 tablet, and $1,000 of education goods for their school.[6]

On 19 August 2015, the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on 17 July 2016.[7][8]

The Great Australian Spelling Bee was filmed at Fox Studios Australia.

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  2. ^ Knox, David (24 March 2015). "TEN spells out The Great Australian Spelling Bee". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 31 July 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  3. ^ Knox, David (20 July 2015). "Airdate: The Great Australian Spelling Bee". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 20 August 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  4. ^ Cronin, Seanna (17 August 2015). "Meet Spelling Bee's wordsmith Chris Edmund". The Queensland Times. Archived from the original on 3 December 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  5. ^ Thomas, Sarah (25 July 2015). "The Great Australian Spelling Bee to highlight smart's of the nation's brightest kids". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  6. ^ Bowden, Ebony (8 September 2015). "The Great Australian Spelling Bee gives winner surprise $50,000 scholarship". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 11 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  7. ^ Knox, David (19 August 2015). "Renewed: The Great Australian Spelling Bee". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  8. ^ Cronin, Seanna (15 July 2016). "Chrissie's buzzing about new season of Spelling Bee". Sunshine Coast Daily. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.