The finals are underway

Fri, May 30, 2008 - 6:45 PM

8:05 p.m.

The trophy cup is at the left. Their families are at right.

Four of the 12 finalists have never been in the national bee before.

Favorites:
-Tia Thomas' fifth bee. The Californian has placed as high as 8th.
-Kansas' Kavya Shivashankar won 8th place last year and 10th the year before.

Here we go

--Neil H. Simon