DISCOVERY KIDS BRINGS THE BATTLE OF SPELL WIZARDS ON CLASSMATE SPELLBEE SEASON 8

New Delhi, May 16, 2016: Discovery Kids presents a brand new, exciting season of Classmate Spell Bee with a special telecast across India. The intensive search to find the super-smart spellers will culminate in a grand finale to be telecast exclusively on Discovery Kids, Discovery Channel and Discovery Tamil at 11am, every Sunday.

 The Spell Bee competition was conducted across India and engaged with over 2.75 lakh students across 800 schools in 30 cities to test their mettle in English spellings. After selecting the top performers from the city finals and semi-final, the stakes were raised with only the top 16 spellers from across India competing for the title. Top spelling wizards further went on and battled it out in the televised National Finals to be aired on Discovery Kids.

 The National Finals of Classmate Spell Bee Season 8 saw nerve- wracking excitement as the competition begins with challenges like the ‘Spell it Right’ round, ‘Match the following’, crosswords and a ‘Great jumble’ and more. The top spellers put on their thinking caps and competed for the top spot of National Spell Bee Championship.

 The National Champion of Classmate Spell Bee 2016 will win a grand prize of Rs.2,00,000 and an all-expenses paid visit to the prestigious Scripps National Spelling Bee 2016 in Washington DC, US. The 4 semifinalists will win a cash prize of Rs. 50,000 each.

 Tune in every Sunday to catch the excitement and witness the best spellers in India take on each other only on Discovery Kids.

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Discovery Kids lets children explore their awesome world and ignites their imagination and curiosity by providing content that is fun and enriching. Targeted at kids aged 4-11 years, the channel stimulates learning and imagination, and provides a safe environment that parents can trust. Discovery Kids offers its young viewers a world of endless possibilities through informative and entertaining programming that explores a variety of genres including adventure, live action and mythology. Launched in Asia Pacific in April 2012, Discovery Kids is currently available to 34 million subscribers across the region.

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