Elli is the name of more than one artist 1) German musician 2) 1960s-1970s rock 3) an alias of Elisa Tiilikainen 4) lo-fi pop musician from Maryland (alias of Elliot Dean) 1) 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. Erl had a typical childhood growing up in Straubing