Contestants are chosen on the basis of superficial marketability, and go through a series of primaries and debates while the pollsters keep score.

选手都是在有表面市场价值的基础上选出来的，并且经过海选最终进入决赛。

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Her husband, David Alexander, mostly sticks to the "Masterpiece" series on PBS (though he quit "Downton Abbey" after one season because it was "too superficial").

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