| One put on a pedestal | 21 |
| Object of pagan worship | 23 |
| Michael Jordan, e.g. | 20 |
| Joss, e.g. | 10 |
| Joss | 4 |
| Hit show on Fox, familiarly | 27 |
| Fox juggernaut since 2002, familiarly | 37 |
| Figure in a pagoda, perhaps | 27 |
| Fawning target | 14 |
| Fawned-over figure | 18 |
| Favorite one | 12 |
| Fan's focus | 15 |
| Fan's fixation | 18 |
| Fan club honoree | 16 |
| Elvis, to many | 14 |
| Childhood hero | 14 |
| A rock star, often | 18 |
| "White Wedding" singer Billy | 38 |
| "Walk on the Wild Side" singer | 40 |
| "Survivor" immunity token | 35 |
| "American ___" (talent show) | 38 |
| Worshipped thing | 16 |
| Worshipped item | 15 |
| Worshipped celeb | 16 |
| Worship object | 14 |
| Word with teen or American | 26 |
| Word with screen or teen | 24 |
| Word with false or teen | 23 |
| Word with "American" or "teen" | 50 |
| Word with ''American'' or false | 47 |
| Word no longer associated with Simon Cowell | 43 |
| What a wannabe wants to be | 26 |
| Wannabe's model | 19 |
| Valentino was one | 17 |
| Tinseltown favorite | 19 |
| Tiki, e.g. | 10 |
| Tiger Beat cover subject | 24 |
| The golden calf was one | 23 |
| Ten Commandments taboo | 22 |
| Temple outcast, perhaps | 23 |
| Temple outcast | 14 |
| Teen magazine profilee | 22 |
| Teen dreamboat | 14 |
| Steven Tyler's show, to fans | 32 |
| Star with a following | 21 |
| Star to look up to | 18 |
| Some worship it | 15 |
| Singing program, to fans | 24 |
| Simon's old show, familiarly | 32 |
| Shrine item | 11 |
| Show for Lopez and Tyler, for short | 35 |
| Seacrest show, for short | 24 |
| Screen sensation | 16 |
| Screen fave | 11 |
| Ruben Studdard, for one | 23 |
| Role model, maybe | 17 |
| Revered celebrity | 17 |
| Reality show, for short | 23 |
| Randy Jackson's show, casually | 34 |
| Poster subject | 14 |
| Pop hero | 8 |
| Pop favorite | 12 |
| Person on a poster | 18 |
| Person loved by lots | 20 |
| Pagoda sight | 12 |
| Pagan's figure | 18 |
| One with adoring fans | 21 |
| One with a following | 20 |
| One who's worshiped | 23 |
| One who's looked up to | 26 |
| One who's admired | 21 |
| One to look up to | 17 |
| One of the Baalim | 17 |
| One getting bags of fan mail | 28 |
| Object of affection | 19 |
| Object of adulation | 19 |
| Not just a star | 15 |
| More than a star | 16 |
| Miley Cyrus, to teens | 21 |
| Mega-celebrity | 14 |
| Matinee subject | 15 |
| Matinee is one kind | 19 |
| Massive star | 12 |
| Lionized one | 12 |
| Image of a deity | 16 |
| Huge star | 9 |
| Hot star | 8 |
| Hicks or Underwood | 18 |
| Hero type | 9 |
| He danced with himself | 22 |
| Golden calf, infamously | 23 |
| Golden calf e.g. | 17 |
| Frequent autograph signer | 25 |
| Fox TV's "American ___" | 37 |
| Fox show, in headlines | 22 |
| Fox hit, in headlines | 21 |
| Former Generation X singer Billy | 32 |
| Fantasia, for one | 17 |
| Fans' favorite | 18 |
| Fan-club favorite | 17 |