Rob Elliott

Rob Elliott (born 8 October 1969) is an Australian radio announcer and television show host, best known for hosting Wheel of Fortune from January 1997 to December 2003.

Television career His first TV job was the children's TV program OK for Kids in Brisbane on Channel 9. Then became the Melbourne-based reporter for Wombat for the Seven Network during the 1980s. Had several parts in Neighbours and in 1996, he became host of Talking Telephone Numbers (based on a UK format) for the Seven Network. During the mid to late 80s he also worked for Brisbane Radio Station, 1008AM "Stereo 10" as a radio announcer and Geelong's 93.9 Bay FM / 3XY in the early '90s. He had the most success working for the Triple M network where he took the drive show to number one in Melbourne, and rated number one in Sydney hosting Home Grown.

His best-known role was as the host of Wheel of Fortune from 1997 to 2003, After being fired from the show, Elliott created a board game called Smart Ass. He explained, I used to play Trivial Pursuit and never won – I hated it. I created a game I could win. In 2017, he became involved in a legal dispute with Sale of the Century champion Cary Young, who wrote questions for Smart Ass. Young however never had a case against Elliott and pulled out of the litigation not long after. Cary Young was suffering from dementia and died from the disease on 31 December 2022.