The judges paid too much attention to extrinsic factors, like the contestants' outfits, rather than their actual performance skills.

extrinsic 由前缀 extra-（表示"外部"）和词根 -sic（与"存在"相关）组成，意思是"外在的、外部的"。这个词强调来自事物外部的、非本质的特征。