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,[1] replacing Tony Barber who replaced John Burgess for a very short time.[2] 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.[1] In 2017, he became involved in a legal dispute with Sale of the Century champion Cary Young, who wrote questions for Smart Ass.[3][4]
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 the 31st December 2022.
