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"Jake Bugg has criticised American Idol for the way it treats its contestants. The &amp;#039;Lightning Bolt&amp;#039; singer - who appeared on the FOX singing contest earlier this year - described Idol as &amp;quot;the dream smasher&amp;quot;.   However, he took the opportunity to defend his decision to perform on the programme, saying that he offered &amp;quot;something a bit different for the kids on those shows&amp;quot;. He told BBC Newsbeat: &amp;quot;It was quite sad. We went on just before they said to the contestant &amp;#039;Yeah, you&amp;#039;re not through&amp;#039; and she was really heartbroken. It&amp;#039;s cruel.  &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s like thanks for coming on the show but you&amp;#039;ll never get a record contract. It&amp;#039;s the dream smasher, that&amp;#039;s what it is, the dream smasher.&amp;quot;  Meanwhile, Bugg also described this year&amp;#039;s Brit Awards as &amp;quot;really boring&amp;quot;, and questioned the decision to put David Bowie in the same category as less experienced artists. &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t mind losing out to David Bowie but how can you have a category with him in it and four people that have made one or two albums?&amp;quot; he said. He also made reference to One Direction&amp;#039;s Global Success Award, saying: &amp;quot;To make up an award just so One Direction win it and turn up is a bit wrong but that&amp;#039;s it, it&amp;#039;s showbusiness.&amp;quot; Watch the music video for Bugg&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Slumville Sunrise&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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