Neil Patrick Harris is a household name; from his time as Doogie Howser in the early 90s to Barney Stinson in ‘How I Met Your Mother’.
Well, not only is Neil a phenomenal actor, but he can sing as well.
Neil has been singing on stages and in front of cameras for years, and he knows how to belt it out.
From his guest appearance on music-based shows like ‘Glee’, to hosting the Tony Awards multiple years in a row, Neil has had plenty of practice.
One thing he had never tried though, was a singing competition show.
But because he’s NPH, and wanted to make his debut a little more special, he decided to do it as a hilarious character.
Bring in Jurgen Vollmer!
Neil spent a few hours in a make-up chair getting his new face put on before revealing his final look and character, Jurgen.
Jurgen is the new host of ‘The Voice: Austria’ and wanted to get some tips from the pros.
He sat down to do a quick interview with the various judges of ‘The Voice’; Gwen Stefani, Blake Shelton, Adam Levine, and Pharrell Williams.
He also spoke with host Carson Daly and asked him what the most important part of hosting the show is.
Carson replied that his job is just to make the judges look good.
Neil, as Jurgen, finally sat down with the judges and gave them what was probably one of the weirdest interviews of their lives.
He fangirled over meeting Gwen Stefani, even threw in a little “No Doubt” pun, and then told both Adam and Blake that they are his favorite judge.
Everyone walked away from the interaction just a little bit confused by this weird foreign guy.
Soon though, it was time for Jurgen (Neil)’s time on stage.
He got up and sang his heart out to “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going”, originally by ‘Dreamgirls’ and beautifully redone by Jennifer Hudson for the movie ‘Dreamgirls’.
Though Neil is actually an incredible singer, he decidedly sang in a slightly monotone voice, enough for people to still be interested and enjoy, but not enough for a chair turn.
After his song was done and all the judge’s chairs turned to give their feedback, they were all shocked to see the weird Austrian guy they had just done strange interviews with.
All of them were shocked and asked if he was both the host of their Austrian counterpart as well as a singer.
Neil told him that he was, but that he was so much more too!
That was when he revealed who he actually was and had all the judges, and the audience too, standing up and clapping in shock.
It seemed like once he revealed himself, the judges all realized they had been played, but no one seemed to mind.
They all gathered together on stage to chat a bit before the show had to go on.
Pharrell and Blake both said that they had some tips and insights for Jurgen, but that they wouldn’t give it to Neil.
In the end, there were no hard feelings from the weird interviews, just some things to laugh at and bond over at a later date.
Watch Neil hilariously confuse the judges and Carson in the video clip below!
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