The application breaks everything down by category and individual item, while highlighting the best and worst performers.

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You and thousands of others can access that same application simultaneously because each of you is looking at a different item, out of potentially millions of items.

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Fill out an application (www.qvc.com or 1-888-NEW-ITEM), send in a photo and you may be one of the lucky few to make it on the show.

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