Egli comes from an Austrian-Swiss family of butchers and has been singing since the age of nine. At 14, she began taking singing lessons and singing at folk festivals. In 2007, Egli joined up with Lys Assia, an established artist, and together they released the album Sag mir wo wohnen die Engel, with title track from the album becoming an official single. In April 2007, they took part in the Grand Prix der Volksmusik (a folk music competition) reaching final 16 in August 2007 and finishing 12th.[1] In 2009, she performed at Musikantenstadl, a live television entertainment program broadcast throughout Austria, Germany and Switzerland and featuring popular folk and Schlager music, with the song "Lippenstift". She eventually trained as a hairdresser for a brief time, and in 2011, entered the acting school Schule für Schauspiel Hamburg [de] before applying to Deutschland sucht den Superstar in 2013.