Of the 22 students vying for the 23rd Bahamas National Spelling Bee crown – five have competed at the country’s top level before and know what it will take to be the ultimate winner, especially Roy Seligman, a Lyford Cay School student who is not only a two-time competitor at the national level, but is returning to the stage as the defending champion, having captured the title in 2019. Roy, one of three Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools (BAISS) representatives, along with Kevano Seymour (South Andros High, representing South Andros and Mangrove Cay), Shamiah Eugene (Old Bight Primary School representing Cat Island and Rum Cay and San Salvador), Azaria Louis (Maurice Moore Primary representing East Grand Bahama and Grand Cay) and Kevin Williams (Yellow Elder Primary representing West New Providence Primary) are all return competitors to the national level.

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