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Spelling Bee

Fahmeed in grand finale

Shahnoor Rabbani
Fahmeed Khan Sheehan, a class 10 student from Scholastica International School, has become the third entrant into the Grand Finale of The Daily Star Spelling Bee organised by champs21.com. Usually a very shy person, Fahmeed had to overcome his stage fright as well as topple nearly one lakh spellers to make it to the top six.
“I was always confident that I'd go far in the competition but now that I've made it to the top six, it feels like an achievement. It feels good to be counted," he says.
But he knows that the competition is far from over.
“I've family and friends always cheering me on. My ten-year-old sister always tells me I'll win it, so that means a lot,” he adds.
“My father would come back from work and ask me how many new words I've learnt and my mother would always encourage me to read books, which I actually love doing and also to practise the Spellato," Fahmeed says.
He had always been a
strong contestant in the competition thus far passing the first round and the Divisional Round with flying colours. But his highlight of the competition came in the Quarter Finals where he scored highest with 140.
“I think that was the best part of the competition for me so far. No one came close to my score in the Quarter Finals, so that certainly felt good,” he says.
Even though Fahmeed has reached the top six without breaking a sweat, he adds that there is an element of luck involved in the
process. “Some of the words that I got during the Quarter Finals were words that I knew. But in my opinion, others had to spell some comparatively difficult ones. It's just my luck I guess," he admits.
Fahmeed was in general very complimentary of the TV crew as well as the pronouncer Imtiaz Nawsher. “I think in general he's a very good pronouner and he's also very friendly and supportive off screen. However I do think he gets some of the pronunciations slightly wrong at times, but it's
almost like the way he says the words, he makes it easier to spell,” Fahmeed adds.
When compared to the Spelling Bees held elsewhere, he rated the Bangladeshi version of the Spelling Bee a seven out of ten. “It's just the very first time [of the Spelling Bee] and it'll certainly get better in the next years. It's still a great start, in my opinion," he adds.
Fahmeed's consistently impressive performances in the tournament so far make him a favourite in the Grand Finale.