Bud Tingwell. |- | What a Year || In 2007, Newton hosted the retrospective program What a Year with comedian Julia Zemiro, replacing previous hosts Mike Munro and Megan Gale, which took a light-hearted look at significant events from a chosen year in history || |- | Million Dollar Wheel of Fortune || In 2008 Newton appeared as a celebrity contestant alongside TV personality and former Temptation co-host Livinia Nixon and swimmer Dawn Fraser. He won the main game and with $3,235 (including a plasma TV) going to his chosen charity, the International Diabetes Institute || |- | Millionaire Hot Seat || On 14 August 2012, Newton appeared as a celebrity contestant on Millionaire Hot Seat and won $5,000 for the charity Sids & Kids. || |} Newton reputedly received a yearly salary of A$800,000 from Nine during this era. Theatre roles Newton's stage appearances included Professor Marvel/the Wizard of Oz in The Wizard of Oz, Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast, Franz Liebkind in The Producers and Max in The Sound of Music. In October 2008, it was announced that Newton would be taking over the role of The Wizard in the Melbourne production of the musical Wicked, after the sudden death of Rob Guest. He played his first performance on 12 November 2008. The production closed on 9 August 2009 and transferred to Sydney from 12 September 2009. Newton continued to play the role on the national tour, which began in January 2011, opposite Lucy Durack as Glinda, Jemma Rix as Elphaba, David Harris as Fiyero and Maggie Kirkpatrick as Madame Morrible. In 2011 he was part of the Australian cast performing Wicked in Singapore. Altogether, Newton had a three-year run in this show. In July 2012 Newton joined the Melbourne cast of Annie for a few weeks, taking over the role of President Roosevelt from Alan Jones. In March 2013 it was announced that Newton would be returning to the stage in producer John Frost's production of Grease The Musical which commenced in August 2013. Newton played disc jockey Vince Fontaine. Newton played the narrator in the 2015 Australian production of The Rocky Horror Show. Discography Studio albums Singles Other media Newton appeared in cameos in several movies including: Doctors & Nurses (1981) as Mr Cody Fatty Finn (1980) as Mr Finn The Wannabes (2003) as himself Remembering Nigel (2007) as The Agent Newton published an autobiography,