Fitzgerald appeared as a contestant in Big Brother Australia 2004, beginning a wider media career in television on Channel 10's Saturday night AFL show Before The Game.

[1] A tall forward drafted by the Sydney Swans with the 4th overall selection in the 1998 AFL Draft from South Australian National Football League club, South Adelaide, Fitzgerald was unable to make his AFL debut until 2000 due to a shoulder injury.

[2] Fitzgerald has appeared on The Project, Studio 10, Before The Game, Reality Check, All Star Family Feud, The Front Bar and Hughesy, We Have a Problem.

The pair was nominated for the 2011 Australian Commercial Radio Awards in the best on-air team, metro FM category.

[5] Fitzgerald also appears on The Front Bar, covering for the absence of regular panellists Mick Molloy or Sam Pang.