Idol

Not to be confused with idle.

Idol or Idols may refer to:

Religion and philosophy

• Cult image, a neutral term for a man-made object that is worshipped or venerated for the deity, spirit or demon that it embodies or represents
• Murti, a point of focus for devotion or meditation in Hindu and Buddhist religion (not always man-made)
• Idol (philosophy), one of several concepts developed by various philosophers

Arts and entertainment

• In pop music entertainment, an idol refers to an entertainer, generally from their teens to mid-20s, whose image and attractiveness are marketed to maintain a close relationship and financial loyalty with fans
  • Chinese idol, a younger entertainer active in the Chinese entertainment industry
  • Japanese idol, a younger entertainer active in the Japanese entertainment industry
    • AV idol, a Japanese adult video star
    • Junior idol, a Japanese entertainer generally under the age of 15
    • Net idol, a Japanese entertainer mostly known as an Internet personality
  • Korean idol, a younger entertainer active in the South Korean entertainment industry
  • Taiwanese idol, a younger entertainer active in the Taiwanese entertainment industry
  • Teen idol
  • Matinée idol, an adored film or theater star

Works

• "Idol" (Amanda Ghost song), from the album Ghost Stories
• "Idol" (BTS song), from the album Love Yourself: Answer
• "Idol" (Yoasobi song)
• Idol (film), a South Korean film
• "Idol", an episode of the television series Power Rangers: SPD
• Idols (film), a 1943 Spanish film
• Idol (franchise), a reality television singing competition franchise
  • Pop Idol, the original series in the United Kingdom
  • American Idol, in the United States
  • Asian Idol
  • Australian Idol
  • Bangladeshi Idol
  • Canadian Idol
  • Deutschland sucht den Superstar, in Germany
  • Idol (Norwegian TV series)
  • Idol Puerto Rico
  • Idol (Swedish TV series)
  • Ídolos (Brazilian TV series)
  • Ídolos (Portuguese TV series)
  • Idols (Danish TV series)
  • Idols (Dutch TV series)
  • Idols (Finnish TV series)
  • Idols South Africa
  • Idols (West African TV series)
  • Indian Idol
  • Indonesian Idol
  • Kurd Idol, in Iraqi Kurdistan
  • Nepal Idol AP1 TV
  • New Zealand Idol (2004-2006)
  • Nouvelle Star, in France
  • Pakistan Idol
  • Singapore Idol
• 1DOL, a Philippine TV musical
• The iDol (film), a Japanese comedy movie

People

• Billy Idol, English rock musician
• Lodi (wrestler), also known as Idol
• Raffy Tulfo, Filipino senator and broadcast journalist, also known as "Idol"
• The Idols, a professional wrestling tag team consisting of "Vicious" Verne Siebert and Rocky Dellesera who had wrestled for All Star Wrestling

Other uses

• Idol Records, a record label
• MYLIP, also known as IDOL "Inducible Degrader of the LDL receptor"
• Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL)

See also

• All pages with titles containing Idol or Idols
• All pages with titles beginning with Idol
• Golden idol (disambiguation)
• Idolatry, the worship of idols
• Idoli, a Serbian new wave band from the early 1980s
• Idolo, Jubert Doctor a.k.a. matinee idol
• Ideal (disambiguation)
• Idle (disambiguation)
• Idyl (disambiguation)
• The Idol (disambiguation)