Idol

Idol or Idols may refer to:

Religion and philosophy

• Cult image, a human-made object that is venerated or worshipped for the deity, spirit or daemon that it embodies or represents
• Murti, a Hindu devotional image of a deity or saint used during puja and/or in other customary forms of actively expressing devotion or reverence
• Idol (philosophy), a philosophical concept developed by Francis Bacon

Arts and entertainment

• Teen idol, a celebrity with a large teenage fan base, such as:
  • Chinese idol
  • Japanese idol
    • Alternative idol
    • AV idol
    • Gravure idol
    • Junior idol
    • Net idol
  • Korean idol
  • Taiwanese idol
• Matinée idol, a term used mainly to describe film or theatre stars who are adored to the point of adulation by their fans

Film and television

• Idol (film), a 2019 South Korean film
• Idol (franchise), a British television franchise
  • American Idol
    • American Juniors
  • Arab Idol
  • Asian Idol
  • Australian Idol
  • Bangladeshi Idol
  • Cambodian Idol
  • Canadian Idol
  • Chinese Idol
  • Deutschland sucht den Superstar
    • DSDS Kids
  • Eesti otsib superstaari
  • Geostar
  • Greek Idol
  • Hay Superstar
  • Hrvatski Idol
  • Idol (Norwegian TV series)
  • Idol (Polish TV series)
  • Idol (Serbian-Montenegrin and Macedonian TV series)
  • Idol (Swedish TV series)
  • Idol Philippines
  • Idol Puerto Rico
    • Idol Kids Puerto Rico
  • Idol stjörnuleit
  • Ídolos (Brazilian TV series)
  • Ídolos (Portuguese TV series)
  • Idols (Danish TV series)
  • Idols (Dutch TV series)
  • Idols (East African TV series)
  • Idols (Finnish TV series)
  • Idols (West African TV series)
  • Idols South Africa
  • Idool (TV series)
  • Indian Idol
    • Indian Idol (Hindi TV series)
    • Indian Idol Junior
    • Indian Idol Marathi
    • Telugu Indian Idol
  • Indonesian Idol
    • Indonesian Idol Junior
  • Kurd Idol
  • Latin American Idol
  • Macedonian Idol
  • Malaysian Idol
  • Maldivian Idol
  • Music Idol
  • Myanmar Idol
  • Nepal Idol
  • New Zealand Idol
  • Nigerian Idol
  • Nouvelle Star
  • Pakistan Idol
  • People's Artist (TV series)
  • Pop Idol
  • Philippine Idol
  • Pinoy Idol
  • Singapore Idol
  • Star Search Croatia
  • Super Idol (Greek TV series)
  • SuperStar (Arabic TV series)
  • SuperStar (Czech and Slovak TV series)
  • SuperStar KZ
  • SuperStar România
  • Türkstar
  • Vietnam Idol
  • World Idol
• 1DOL, a Philippine television series
• Idols (1943 film), a Spanish film
• Idols (2026 film), an upcoming sports action drama film
• "Idol", an episode of the television series Power Rangers S.P.D.

Music

• Idol Records, an American record label
• "Idol" (Amanda Ghost song), 2000
• "Idol" (BTS song), 2018
• "Idol" (Yoasobi song), 2023
• "I.D.O.L.", by NCT JNJM from Both Sides, 2026
• Idols (album), 2025 album by Yungblud

Other uses in arts and entertainment

• The Idols, a professional wrestling tag team that wrestled for NWA All-Star Wrestling

People

• Idol (surname)
• Lodi (wrestler), also known as Idol, American professional wrestler Bradley Cain (born 1970)
• Raffy Tulfo (born 1960), also known as "Idol", Filipino politician and broadcast journalist

Other uses

• Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL), an American government agency
• MYLIP, also known as Inducible Degrader of the LDL receptor (IDOL), a human protein-coding gene
• Intelligent Data Operating Layer (IDOL), an HP Autonomy product

See also

• All pages with titles containing Idol or Idols
• All pages with titles beginning with Idol
• Golden idol (disambiguation)
• Ideal (disambiguation)
• Idle (disambiguation)
• Idyl (disambiguation)
• The Idol (disambiguation)
• Idolatry, the worship of idols
• Idolization, fixation on a celebrity
• Idoli, a Serbian new wave band
• Zone of the Enders: 2167 Idolo, a Japanese original video animation