The 2015 Spelling Bee Champs Can't Be Thwarted by Horrible Pronunciation

Vanya Shivashankar and Gokul Venkatachalam took the Guillermo challenge.

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In a tradition bested only by Scripps National Spelling Bee, Jimmy Kimmel invited 2015 champions Vanya Shivashankar and Gokul Venkatachalam on his show to face another challenge. Though they were facing Kimmel, himself a 7th and 8th grade champion, their true opponent was pronouncer/parking lot security guard Guillermo, chosen for his qualifications in broken English. So, really, it was a spelling and interpretation bee. And Kimmel's years of working with Guillermo couldn't save him from getting his ass kicked by Shivashankar and Ventachalam, the latter of whom was rocking a fresh pair of Jordan 11s. 

Watch the 12th Annual Jimmy Kimmel Live! Spelling Bee above. 

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