Eighth grader Sivateja Tangirala of Fort Settlement Middle School in Sugar Land is one of the 50 finalists in today's Scripps National Spelling bee finals. 
OXON HILL, MD -- Fifty semifinalists are preparing to take the stage at the National Spelling Bee -- including the sister of the 2009 winner and two five-time participants. Unlike in the preliminary rounds, spellers who get words wrong will hear the dreaded bell that signals it's time to leave the stage.
Eighth-grader Sivateja Tangirala of Fort Settlement Middle School in Sugar Land is one of the 50 finalists in today's Scripps National Spelling bee finals. Tangirala also qualified for last year's Spelling bee.
Among the favorites is 10-year-old Vanya Shivashankar of Olanthe, Kan., whose sister, Kavya, won the Scripps National Spelling Bee three years ago. Vanya was the only speller to earn a perfect score in the preliminary rounds.
Six-year-old Lori Anne Madison, the youngest speller in the history of the event, did not make the semifinals.
Thursday's semifinals will be broadcast live on ESPN2, as will the finals Thursday evening.
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