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Religion and philosophy

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Cult image In the practice of religion, a cult image is a Cultural artifact, human-made object that is venerated or worshipped for the deity, Spirit (supernatural entity), spirit or Daimon, daemon that it embodies or represents. In several traditions, incl ...
, a human-made object that is venerated or worshipped for the deity, spirit or daemon that it embodies or represents *
Murti In the Hinduism, Hindu tradition, a ''murti'' (, ) is a devotional image, such as a statue or icon, of a Hindu deities, deity or Hindu saints, saint used during ''Puja (Hinduism), puja'' and/or in other customary forms of actively expressing d ...
, 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

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Teen idol A teen idol is a celebrity with a large teenage fan base. Teen idols are generally young but are not necessarily teenagers themselves. An idol's popularity may be limited to teens, or may extend to all age groups. By region Asia Ea ...
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Chinese idol The C-pop, Chinese pop music industry has a growing trend of idols and idol groups, who are entertainers manufactured and marketed for their image and attractiveness. Idols are primarily singers (either as members of a group or as solo acts), ...
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Japanese idol An is a type of entertainer marketed for image, attractiveness, and personality in Japanese popular culture, Japanese pop culture. Idols are primarily singers with training in other performance skills such as acting, dancing, and modeling. Idol ...
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Alternative idol An alternative idol (also known as an alt-idol or anti-idol) is a term used by overseas J-pop fans to describe idols that differ from the traditional Japanese idol scene typically by having a darker image and performing heavier genres of music. Al ...
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Gravure idol A model is a person with a Role (disambiguation), role either to display commercial product (business), products (notably fashion clothing in fashion shows) or to serve as an Model (art), artist's model. Modelling ("modeling" in British and ...
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Junior idol A , also known as a or , is a type of entertainer under the age of 18 or 16, manufactured and marketed for their image, attractiveness and personality. It is a sub-category of the idol culture in Japanese pop entertainment. Junior idols are pri ...
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Net idol An Internet celebrity, also referred to as an Internet personality, is an individual who has acquired or developed their fame and notability on the Internet. The growing popularity of social media provides a means for people to reach a large ...
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Korean idol An idol () is a type of entertainer who works in the field of Korean popular music (K-pop), either as a member of a group or as a solo act. They typically work for an entertainment agency that operates a highly managed star system that idols a ...
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Taiwanese idol Taiwanese wave () is a neologism originally coined in Japan to refer to the increase in the popularity of Taiwanese popular culture in the country (including: actors, dramas, music, fashion, films), and to distinguish it from the Korean wave () ...
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Matinée idol Matinée idol is a term used mainly to describe film or theatre stars who are adored to the point of adulation by their fans. The term almost exclusively refers to adult male actors. Matinée idols often tend to play romantic and dramatic ...
, 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 Idol'' is an American Music competition, singing competition television series created by Simon Fuller, produced by Fremantle (company), Fremantle North America and 19 Entertainment, and distributed by Fremantle North America. It a ...
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American Juniors ''American Juniors'' is an American reality television singing competition series that was broadcast for one season from June 3 to August 19, 2003, on Fox. The series was a spin-off of ''American Idol'', but with younger contestants. The show ...
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Arab Idol ''Arab Idol'' is an Arabic television show, based on the popular British show ''Pop Idol'' created by Simon Fuller's 19 Entertainment and developed by Fremantle Media and recorded in Beirut, Lebanon. The first season premiered on 9 December 201 ...
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Asian Idol ''Asian Idol'' was a reality singing competition, which featured winners of ''Idol'' competitions from six Southeast and South Asian countries consisting of India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Vietnam. Part of the '' Idol fr ...
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Australian Idol ''Australian Idol'' is an Australian singing competition, which began its first season in July 2003 and ended its initial run in November 2009. As part of the ''Idol'' franchise, Australian Idol originated from the reality program '' Pop Id ...
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Bangladeshi Idol ''Bangladeshi Idol'' () is a Bangladeshi reality television singing competition produced and distributed by Delta Bay Production & Distribution Pvt. Ltd. It started airing on SA TV, a new private satellite television channel in Bangladesh as an a ...
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Cambodian Idol ''Cambodian Idol'' is a Cambodian reality Reality is the sum or aggregate of everything in existence; everything that is not imagination, imaginary. Different Culture, cultures and Academic discipline, academic disciplines conceptualize it i ...
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Canadian Idol ''Canadian Idol'' is a Canadian reality television competition show which aired on CTV, based on the British show '' Pop Idol''. The show was a competition to find the most talented young singer in Canada, and was hosted by Ben Mulroney. Jon Do ...
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Chinese Idol The C-pop, Chinese pop music industry has a growing trend of idols and idol groups, who are entertainers manufactured and marketed for their image and attractiveness. Idols are primarily singers (either as members of a group or as solo acts), ...
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Deutschland sucht den Superstar ''Deutschland sucht den Superstar'' (''DSDS''; "Germany is looking for the Superstar") is a German reality talent show. Part of the ''Idol'' franchise, it was created by British media mogul Simon Fuller as a spin-off from the British show ''P ...
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DSDS Kids ''Deutschland sucht den Superstar'' (''DSDS''; "Germany is looking for the Superstar") is a German reality show, reality talent show. Part of the Idol series, ''Idol'' franchise, it was created by British media mogul Simon Fuller as a Spin-off ...
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Eesti otsib superstaari ''Eesti otsib superstaari'' ''(Estonia is Searching for a Superstar)'' is an Estonian reality-competition gameshow airing on TV3. It debuted on 11 March 2007 and it has since become one of the most popular shows in Estonia. Part of the Idol ...
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Geostar ''Geostari'' ( Georgian: ჯეოსტარი) is the Georgian franchise of the Idol series, which airs on Rustavi 2. Georgia is the fifth former Soviet country to have acquired an ''Idol'' franchise after Armenia, Estonia, Kazakhstan, a ...
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Greek Idol ''Greek Idol'' is a reality television competition to find new solo singing talent. Part of the ''Idol'' franchise, it is based on the British show '' Pop Idol'' created by Simon Fuller. The first season of the show debuted on March 5, 2010 on A ...
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Hay Superstar Hay Superstar/Hye Superstar (, literally "Armenian Superstar") was the Armenian version of the British television hit show ''Pop Idol'', part of the Idol (franchise), Idol franchise. It is a talent contest to find the best young singer in Armenia. ...
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Hrvatski Idol ''Hrvatski Idol'' is the Croatian version of '' Pop Idol''. There have been two seasons of Hrvatski Idol. The first one was won by Žanamari Lalić who received 54% of the vote in the final night. Patrick Jurdić won the second season with 50.2 ...
'' ** ''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 Puerto Rico'' is a reality television competition to find new solo singing talent. Part of the Idol series, ''Idol'' franchise, it is based on the British show ''Pop Idol'' created by Simon Fuller. The first season of the show debut on Aug ...
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Idol stjörnuleit 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 ...
'' ** ''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 ''Idols'' was a television show on the South African television network Mzansi Magic, and previously on M-Net, based on the popular British show ''Pop Idol''. The show was a contest to determine the best young singer in South Africa. The gener ...
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Indian Idol ''Indian Idol'' is an Indian music competition television franchise based on the ''Pop Idol ''Pop Idol'' is a British music competition television series created by Simon Fuller which ran on ITV from 2001 to 2003. The aim of the show was ...
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Indian Idol Junior ''Indian Idol Junior'' is an Indian Hindi-language reality television singing competition and is part of ''Indian Idol''. It began broadcasting on Sony Entertainment Television from 1 June 2013. Karan Wahi and Mandira Bedi were hosts of the sho ...
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Telugu Indian Idol ''Telugu Indian Idol'' is an Indian Telugu-language music competition television series and is part of ''Indian Idol''. It is Telugu version of the ''Pop Idol'' format. First season of the show was premiered on 25 February 2022 on Aha. Vagdevi ...
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Indonesian Idol ''Indonesian Idol'' is an Indonesian reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by RCTI Production Team and FremantleMedia Asia. The show began airing on RCTI in March 2004 and became one of the most popular sh ...
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Latin American Idol ''Latin American Idol'' was the Hispanic American edition of the popular British franchise of '' Idols'', well known for its American version ''American Idol''. The show aimed to discover the pop idol of the Hispanic American region. The show w ...
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Macedonian Idol ''Macedonian Idol'' ( - ''Makedonski Idol'') was a Macedonian reality-competition talent show airing on A1 TV, based on the popular British show ''Pop Idol''. The auditions for the first season (after Idol Serbia-Montenegro & Macedonia) started ...
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Malaysian Idol ''Malaysian Idol'' is the Malaysian version of the Idol series, Idol Series that started in United Kingdom, UK, similar to shows such as UK's ''Pop Idol'' and ''American Idol'' in the franchise. This show is a contest to determine the best young s ...
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Music Idol ''Music Idol'' () was the Bulgarian version of the United Kingdom, British television hit show ''Pop Idol''. It was a talent contest to determine the superior pop performer. Its first season was aired on BTV (Bulgaria), bTV from February 26 until ...
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Myanmar Idol ''Myanmar Idol'' is a popular Myanmar singing contest television series that is broadcast on MNTV. Its first season, in 2015, was described by ''The Myanmar Times'' as a "wild success". Due to its popularity, it has been extended for a fifth seas ...
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New Zealand Idol ''New Zealand Idol'', also known as ''NZ Idol'', was the New Zealand version of the ''Idol'' series which originated in the United Kingdom as '' Pop Idol''. New Zealand first saw the ''Idol'' format when TV2 aired '' American Idol 2'', which gar ...
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Nouvelle Star ''Nouvelle Star'' (; also known as '' À la Recherche de la Nouvelle Star'' for the first season) is a French television series based on the popular Pop Idol programme produced by FremantleMedia. It was broadcast by M6 in seasons 1–8 befor ...
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Pop Idol ''Pop Idol'' is a British music competition television series created by Simon Fuller which ran on ITV from 2001 to 2003. The aim of the show was to decide the best new young pop singer (or "pop idol") in the UK based on viewer voting and pa ...
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Philippine Idol ''Philippine Idol'' is a Philippine television interactive reality competition show broadcast by ABC. Created and developed by FremantleMedia and 19 Entertainment, the program is a franchise of ''Pop Idol'' created by British entertainment exe ...
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Pinoy Idol ''Idol'' () is a 2008 Philippine television interactive reality competition show broadcast by GMA Network. Created and developed by FremantleMedia and 19 Entertainment, the program is a franchise of '' Pop Idol'' created by British enterta ...
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Singapore Idol ''Singapore Idol'' was a Singaporean reality television singing competition produced by Mediacorp, MediaCorp Studios and FremantleMedia Operations BV. It began airing on Channel 5 (Singaporean TV channel), MediaCorp Channel 5 on 9 August 2004 un ...
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Star Search Croatia ''Star Search Croatia'' (, abbreviated as HTZ) was a Croatian singing reality competition television series that served as the second Croatian version of ''Idol series, Pop Idol''. It ran on RTL (Croatian TV channel), RTL Televizija for three sea ...
'' ** ''Super Idol'' (Greek TV series) ** ''SuperStar'' (Arabic TV series) ** ''SuperStar'' (Czech and Slovak TV series) ** ''
SuperStar KZ ''SuperStar KZ'' is a reality television show based on the popular British show Pop Idol, which aired from 2003 to 2007 on the Kazakh television channel "Channel One Eurasia, Eurazıa Birinşi arnasy". The talent contest determined the best young ...
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SuperStar România ''SuperStar România'' is the Romanian adaptation of the ''Idols'' franchise and premieres on September 10, 2021. Originally announced at the beginning of 2021, the show is scheduled to start airing this Fall on Pro TV. Thus, replacing '' Vocea R ...
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Türkstar ''Türkstar'' was a 2004 Turkish reality television singing competition show based on the popular British show ''Pop Idol''. It was hosted by Seray Sever, Gamze Özçelik and Haldun Dormen. It had extremely low ratings and only lasted one sea ...
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Vietnam Idol ''Vietnam Idol'' ( or from season five) is a Vietnamese reality television competition to find new solo singing talents. It is part of the Idol series, ''Idol'' franchise; it originated from the reality program ''Pop Idol'' created by British en ...
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World Idol ''World Idol'' (Germany: ''SuperStar Weltweit'', Arab World: ''SuperStar El Alaam'') is a one-off international version of the singing competition television show '' Pop Idol'', featuring winners of the various national ''Idol'' shows around ...
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1DOL ''1DOL'' (stylized as ''iDOL'') is a 2010 Philippine television drama series broadcast by ABS-CBN. Directed by Ruel S. Bayani and Jojo A. Saguin, it stars Sarah Geronimo, Sam Milby and Coco Martin. It aired on the network's Primetime Bida line ...
'', a Philippine television series * ''Idols'' (film), a 1943 Spanish film * "Idol", an episode of the television series ''Power Rangers S.P.D.''


Music

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Idol Records Idol Records is a Dallas, Texas-based record label and publishing company founded in 1993 by Erv Karwelis, who serves as president of the label. Its roster consists of bands such as The O's, Dead Flowers, The Crash That Took Me, Here Holy Spain, ...
, an American record label * "Idol" (Amanda Ghost song), 2000 * "Idol" (BTS song), 2018 * "Idol" (Yoasobi song), 2023 * ''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 NWA All Star Wrestling (sometimes referred to as NWA Vancouver) is a Canadian professional wrestling promotion, based in Vancouver, British Columbia. All-Star Wrestling folded in 1989. History Early history Although other wrestling promotions e ...


People

* Idol (surname) *
Lodi (wrestler) Bradley Cain (born September 8, 1970) is an American author, personal trainer and professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Lodi. Cain is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling between 1997 and 2000, where h ...
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Raffy Tulfo Rafael Teshiba Tulfo (; born March 12, 1960) is a Filipino politician, broadcast journalist, and media personality currently serving as a Senator of the Philippines since 2022. His works are focused on government and private sector issues, ...
(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 Autonomy Corporation PLC was an enterprise software company founded in Cambridge, United Kingdom in 1996. The company developed and sold a variety of enterprise software, including for big data analytics, information governance, data protection ...
product


See also

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Golden idol (disambiguation) Golden idol may refer to: * Golden Idol, a fictional artifact in the ''Indiana Jones'' franchise * '' The Golden Idol'', a 1954 American film * '' Golden Idol'', a video game series * Golden Idol, a fictional artifact in the amusement ride Volkan ...
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Ideal (disambiguation) Ideal may refer to: Philosophy * Ideal (ethics), values that one actively pursues as goals * Platonic ideal, a philosophical idea of trueness of form, associated with Plato Mathematics * Ideal (ring theory), special subsets of a ring considered ...
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Idle (disambiguation) Idle generally refers to idleness, a lack of motion or energy. Idle or ''idling'', may also refer to: Technology * Idle (engine), engine running without load ** Idle speed * Idle (CPU), CPU non-utilisation or low-priority mode ** Synchronous I ...
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Idyl (disambiguation) Idyl or idyll may refer to: * Idyll or idyl, a type of poem * Lake Idyl, Winter Haven, Florida, USA; a lake * Idyll Farms, Northport, Michigan, USA; a goat farm * Idyl (musician), Nigerian singer Daniel Diongoli * Idylls (album), ''Idylls'' (album ...
* The Idol (disambiguation) *
Idolatry Idolatry is the worship of an idol as though it were a deity. In Abrahamic religions (namely Judaism, Samaritanism, Christianity, Islam, and the Baháʼí Faith) idolatry connotes the worship of something or someone other than the Abrahamic ...
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Idoli Idoli ( sr-Cyrl, Идоли; trans. The Idols) were a Serbian new wave band from Belgrade. They are considered to be one of the most notable acts of the Yugoslav rock scene, and their 1982 album ''Odbrana i poslednji dani'' was on several occas ...
, a Serbian new wave band * '' Zone of the Enders: 2167 Idolo'', a Japanese original video animation {{disambiguation