Was that before or after the various piss streams? 'Cuz that might have swayed his opinion.
But yeah, as popular as they've been I personally don't see Idol corp as on the same level as Holo/Niji/Vshojo. Even the latter is a bit of a weird comparison that feels half a step out of place because of how informal it is.
It's good to see Phase & Pippa getting some recognition, those collabs Pippa did paying off, and assuming there isn't too much botting from the seething vtweeter's they'd be my favourites to win.