This series has been imitated by many other shows, among them Nashville Star. Nashville Star still airs and has had a successful run. In the fall of 2004, VH1 launched a music reality talent-search series In Search of the New Partridge Family, in which aspring actor-singers competed for the roles of Keith, Laurie, Danny, and Shirley Partridge. A pilot episode was aired in early 2005, but the show didn't get picked up. Rock Star: INXS is a rock competition that premiered on CBS in the summer of 2005.
The WB aired a parody series entitled Superstar USA, in which the worst singers were picked to move on without knowing that it was a search for the worst rather than the best.
American Idle by dustball is an animated parody of the Numa Numa Dance.
Super Girl hosted by HNTV of China also imitated it.
The Idol series, with Simon Cowell, referenced in Shrek 2; Cowell himself has appeared on The Simpsons. Simon Cowell also appeared in "Scary Movie 3" at a rap off.
American Idol was parodied on the children's television show All That in the sketch American Idiot. Kyle Sullivan played an essentially useless host named Brian Peefest. Giovonnie Samuels played the judge Mandy Snackson, whose frequent catch phrase was "You did your thing, dog," cuing a pack of dogs to enter the stage and attack the "idiot." Jack DeSena played an overly cruel judge, Slimon Bowell. Chelsea Brummet played an overly nice judge, Pauly Baboo.
Far Far Away Idol is an imitation found on the Bonus Features of the Shrek 2 DVD. Almost all of the characters sing a song of sorts, and then the viewer at home can vote for their favorite using their remote.
On NBC-TV's Saturday Night Live, there were at least two parody episodes: One with celebrities (Some impersonations being Finesse Mitchell as Kelis, Jessica Simpson as Britney Spears, Amy Poehler as Madonna and Nick Lachey as Scott Stapp from Creed), and another with people with physical problems. Simon Cowell was portrayed by Chris Parnell. Justin Guarini and Taylor Hicks were briefly parodied (Guarini during the host's opening monologue, and Hicks during Weekend Update).
The Spanish language television network Telefutura, owned by Univision, also shows a Puerto Rican-American version of the show, called Objetivo Fama ("Objective Fame").
Dutch independent martial arts filmmakers Baaah Productions have parodied the Dutch version of the show, under the name Kungfu Idol.
The film American Dreamz satires the show, the American people (contestants and viewers), the George W. Bush Administration and Mandy Moore stars as the Carrie Underwood character.
In the American Nicktoon series The Fairly OddParents the episode "Fairy Idol" is a parody this show.
Though it was a predecessor, not an imitator, of American Idol, and though it had a somewhat different format, the 1950s TV show Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts was a #1 rated program that launched the careers of many famous entertainers.
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