Robin Elliott is a well-known radio/TV presenter and media personality in Northern Ireland with experience in broadcasting, hosting shows, interviewing guests, and judging talent competitions. He has hosted shows on radio stations like City Beat 96.7FM/102.5FM and appeared on TV shows. Robin is one of Northern Ireland’s busiest hosts, known for compering events like the World Snooker Tournament, Miss Northern Ireland heats, and awards ceremonies.
1. Robin Elliott is a well-known radio/TV presenter and media personality.
He is a broadcaster who is equally at home behind the mic in a studio as he is in front of a
live audience and has a vast array of experience.
Robin’s interview technique makes interviewees feel at ease and ensures he gets the best
out of each person he speaks to from the world of sport, entertainment and politics.
From 2000-2010 Robin was a presenter for the multi award winning City Beat
96.7FM/102.5FM and has presented every show on the schedule since joining the station.
His evening show Elegant In The Evening drew large audiences as did his weekend chart
show The City Beat Countdown and Solid Gold Saturday. His Solid Gold Saturday Show
featured a mix of music from across the decades and attracted such guests as Bonnie
Tyler, Pete Waterman, Cheryl Baker, Nik Kershaw, David Van Day, Steve Strange and
many more music legends. For many years Robin was also appeared on City Beat’s Award
Winning Bigger Breakfast Show.
Robin's other radio appearances have included Talk 107 in Edinburgh, where he also
joined Bill Young for a chat and a laugh on the breakfast show. Robin has also worked for
the Q Radio Network & Blast 106FM.
Away from radio, he has also appeared at Belfast’s Odyssey Arena providing
entertainment during the Belfast Giants ice hockey games and was a celebrity judge on
City Beat’s hugely successful Young Star Search. Since the success of Young Star Search,
Robin has been in constant demand to appearas a judge on talent shows including Strictly
Come Singing, T Factor and othercontests such as Larne's Got Talent, the CU Factor, F
Factor and Festival 4 Stars.
Robin hosted his own entertainment based TV chat show on Belfast station NVTV and
guests who have joined him on it range from Rock band The Darkness to 70s superstar
David Cassidy and actor Leslie Grantham; while movie director Guy Richie, actor James
Nesbitt and even Basil Brush have popped up on the show.
He has also appeared in the movie Blind Fight, TV series Give My Head Peace, Westlife
Back Home (UTV), Late & Live (UTV) Dance Mums UK (Lifetime) and in a number of TV
commercials. In 2009 Robin also produced the acclaimeddocumentary film Clap Your
Hands….The Story Of The Miami Showband.
Robin is one of Northern Ireland’s busiest comperes, most recently appearing at the
World Snooker Tournament at Belfast’s Waterfront Hall which was broadcast on
Eurosport and TG4. For over 10 years now Robin has also compered many of the Miss
Northern heats as well as appearing at Rose of Tralee, Miss Belfast, Big Buzz Irish
Entertainment Awards, NI Community Awards, Antrim Business Awards and the NI
Country Music Awards.
Robin has also hosted sporting events with Darts Legend Eric Bristow & Football player
Mark Hately.
2. He has toured with comedian John McBlain, singer Malachi Cush and has played every
major theatre in the province playing the part of the narrator in The Rat Pack Revisited
and even got a guest spot in Eurobeat the Musical with Gareth Hale and Mel Giedroyc
when the show came to Belfast.
From 2000-2009 Robin was also features editor at Big Buzz Magazine and had his own
music column in the Ulster Star newspaper. Robin also played a huge part in the creation
and organisation of the now legendary Big Buzz Irish Entertainments Awards that ran
every year from 2000-2008 working with top names such as Bonnie Tyler, Leo Sayer, Bay
City Rollers, Myleene Klass, Eamonn Holmes, Uri Geller, Mark Owen, Boyzone and many
more. He also worked as a guest lecturer in Performing Arts and Media Studies at Belfast
Metropolitan College.
In 2008 Robin has released his debut single The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan (produced by Micky
Modelle/Emerald Records), took part in the Christmas charity single Blue Christmas with
Jim Brown and has also been voted the 70th sexiest man in Ireland (beating Gary
Lightbody and Nicky Byrne from Westlife) in a poll by Remus Uomo and Dublin's Social
and Personal Magazine.
In 2011, Robin also worked on a documentary with movie legend Maureen O'Hara,
released the single Common People with rock band The Almighty Fallen.
In 2012 Robin was back on tour with a musical theatre production The Soul Train as well
as once again causing controversy on the judging panel of Belfast Talent Show Strictly
Come Singing. In 2013 Robin was once again back to judge another Talent Show - The
Local Vocal. In 2014/2015 Robin joined Talentfest UK, touring throughout the UK with
special guests including Louis Walsh, Joey Essex and Dance Troupe Flawless. In 2015
Robin once again worked with the Miami Showband and helped to organise their 40th
Anniversary Commemoration Events.
In 2016 Robin joined Tenerife radio station Oasis FM.