# 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 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 (film), a 1943 Spanish 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

### 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 politican 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