Your 2015 Scripps Spelling Bee C-H-A-M-P-I-O-N is Vanya Shivashankar ... and Gokul Venkatachalam. Yes, for the second year in a row, two smart kids took home the top prize.
In the final round of competition, Shivashankar, 13, and Venkatachalam, 14, confidentially battled back and forth spelling words like nunatak and Bruxellois. And in the end, when there were no more words left to spell, Venkatachalam nailed his final word to secure the tie.
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As if winning the prestigious title weren't enough, Shivashankar and Venkatachalam each seem like pretty cool (and super smart) kids.
According to Shivashankar's official Bee bio, when she's not spelling impossibly difficult words, she enjoys stuffing her face with pizza, swimming and playing the tuba (not all at the same time, but she probably could). Shivashankar's sister Kavya won the 2009 Scripps National Spelling Bee, and could be seen sitting in the audience with her parents, flipping between nervousness and excitement throughout the competition.
And, if winning the Spelling Bee didn't already impress all you under-achievers, Shivashankar also won a Lifetime reality show called Child Genius and $100,000 earlier this year.
Venkatachalam's hobbies include worshipping LeBron James (he wore a LeBron jersey under his button-up throughout the competition) and listening to rap and alternative music. Venkatachalam placed third in last year's competition.
This is the fifth time in the Bee's history that multiple spellers have shared the win. The winner gets $30,000 and a trophy from Scripps, as well as $5,000 from Words With Friends, a $2,500 savings bond from Merriam-Webster and reference books from Encyclopedia Brittanica.
Okay, now go back to depending on that red squiggly spell check line, adults.