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I have a bit of a problem with 'American Idol.' Forgive me, but it's difficult for me to watch. I can't help but think of people being exploited. On the other hand, I'm really enjoying 'Glee.'

— Lesley Gore

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

If you don't have any ties to the music industry, you just love 'American Idol,' you can sit there and do exactly what you do in your living room, which is stare at them and judge them.

— Neil Patrick Harris

I think, for me, winning opens doors to all types of shapes and sizes and genres to come on the show and kill it. I'm probably the antithesis of what American Idols have been.

— Caleb Johnson

Sometimes things can be a guilty pleasure, but with 'Idol,' everyone talks about it like it's a real thing; they argue over who's gonna win... There's no laughing at it.

— Andy Kindler

I think a big part of 'American Idol' that scares people and actually has, I'm sure, stopped people from trying out is the fact that you do have to do things that are necessarily not your genre.

— Lee DeWyze

I do watch 'American Idol' sometimes. It's not really that pleasurable... I take that back. It is the epitome of a guilty pleasure. Sometimes there's some good singers on that show.

— M. Ward

'American Idol' has done a great job of defaming my name and throwing a lot of mud at me for the past two years, so that set up a lot of roadblocks for me.

— Corey Clark

American Idol transcends age, gender, ethnicity, everything.

— Carrie Underwood

✗Opposing Perspectives

I don't watch 'American Idol.' I don't watch any of that stuff.

— Denis Leary

I can't watch 'Glee' because I get so jealous that I'm not there with them doing it that I can't even watch.

— Janina Gavankar

I think the attraction of 'American Idol' is about the basic human nature attitude that is, 'We can put you up there. But we can take you down.'

— Quincy Jones