And now, for all you "kudzu is going places" fans !!

North Alabama boy protests loss in spelling bee on 'kudzu'

Fairview, Ala. – Krystian Doss says he knows how to spell "kudzu," and he's positive he got the word right during the Cullman County spelling bee. Just like in the NFL, though, the final call came down to a video replay.

Christiana Oanca was named the winner of the annual competition on Monday when judges determined Doss spelled "kudzu" with a "c'' where the "z'' should have been. After an initial protest they reviewed a video of the event — a byproduct of a past miscue.

Doss was named the runner-up, but he isn't budging on whether he was wronged.

"I know I spelled it right," said the boy, a student at Good Hope Elementary School.

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