Elli Erl

Infobox musical artist

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Name = Elli Erl
Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Elisabeth Maria Erl
Born = birth date and age|1979|5|25
Died =
Origin = Straubing, Bavaria, Germany
Genre = Rock, pop
Occupation = Singer, songwriter, guitarist
Years_active = 1999-present
Label = SonyBMG
URL = [http://elli-e.com/ Official site]

Elli Erl (born Elisabeth Maria Erl on May 25 1979 in Straubing, Bavaria) is a German musician, who came to fame as the winner of the second season of the television show "Deutschland sucht den SuperStar", the German version of "Pop Idol".

Biography

Erl had a typical childhood growing up in Straubing, Germany with her parents Ludwig and Renate and her brothers Josef (Josey) and Ludwig Jr. In elementary school she started learning the trumpet, piano and the guitar opposite expanding interests in tennis, cycling and skiing. In her late teenage years she became the lead singer of serval soul and rock bands, including "The Gong FM Band", "LOP" and the more popular "Panta Rei". After her highschool graduation Elli decided to become a student teacher and began stuying Music and Sports at Regensburg University.

Around the same time, in 2003, she participated in the second season of "Deutschland sucht den SuperStar". Because of her massive stage experience, her raspy voice and the unconventional look she was seen as an early favourite by the judges and also by the audience, who enabled her to sing against comrade-in-arms Denise Tillmanns during the final show. However, in the end she beat out runner-up Tillmanns by a margin of 11 per cent. As of 2007, she is the show's only female winner.

Elli's first single "This Is My Life" (written and produced by Dieter Bohlen) was released in April 2004 via BMG. In comparison with "Take Me Tonight", the debut single by first season's winner Alexander Klaws, the song failed to become a big hit and peaked only at #3 on the German single chart. Afterwards Elli decided not to collaborate with Dieter Bohlen once again (as Klaws had done before), caused by personal and musical differences with the judge. She eventually released her self-composed second single "In My Dreams", but neither the single nor her debut album "Shout It Out" could reach the top 30 once again. As a consequence she went on tour with her band "Panta Rei" for some time.

In winter 2006 Erl's previously unreleased record "Better Than the Best" was chosen to become the Corporate Song for DHL. In April, she released her fourth single "Get Up", the lead single of her yet-to-be-titled second album, which is scheduled for a fall 2007 release.

Discography

Albums

* "Shout It Out" (2004) #33 GER
* "Moving On" (2007) failed to chart

ingles

External links

* http://www.elli-e.com/ Official site
* http://www.elli-e.de/ Official fan site