Eurovision Song Contest 1976

Eurovision Song Contest 1976
Host
Venue	Congresgebouw, The Hague, Netherlands
Presenter(s)	Corry Brokken
Musical director	Harry van Hoof
Host broadcaster	NOS
Website	eurovision.tv/event/the-hague-1976
Participants
Number of entries	18
Debuting countries	None
Returning countries	Greece
Non-returning countries	Sweden, Malta, Turkey
Participation map
Vote
Voting system	Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs
Winning song	United Kingdom "Save Your Kisses for Me"

The Eurovision Song Contest 1976 was the twenty-first Eurovision Song Contest and was held on April 3, 1976 in The Hague. With Corry Brokken as the presenter, the contest was won by Brotherhood of Man who represented the United Kingdom, with their song "Save Your Kisses for Me".

Liechtenstein again attempted an entry into Eurovision, but as they had no broadcasting service yet, this was impossible. The entry from Greece was greeted with controversy as it was about the Turkish occupation of northern Cyprus. The previous year Greece withdrew from the contest in protest of this matter.

Sweden withdrew from the contest, as the broadcaster Sveriges Radio did not have enough money to host another contest if Sweden won again. Therefore, a new rule was introduced that each partipicating broadcaster had to pay a part of the costs of the contest.

Malta withdrew from the contest for unknown reasons, but had selected Enzo Guzman with the song 'Sing Your Song, Country Boy' to represent them. The singer has confirmed this to be the case. Malta would not return to the competition until 1991.

Results

Country	Artist(s)	Song	Place	Points
Austria	Waterloo and Robinson	My Little World	5	80
Belgium	Pierre Rapsat	Judy Et Cie	8	68
Finland	Fredi & Friends	Pump pump	11	44
France	Cathérine Ferry	Un, Deux, Trois (One, two, three)	2	147
Germany	Les Humphries Singers	Sing, Sang, Song	15	12
Greece	Mariza Koch	Panaghia Mou, Panaghia Mou	13	20
Ireland	Red Hurley	When	10	54
Israel	Chocolate Menta Mastik	Emor Shalom	6	77
Italy	Al Bano & Romina Power	Noi Lo Rivivremo Di Nuovo	7	69
Luxembourg	Juergen Marcus	Chansons Pour Ceux Qui S'aiment	14	17
Monaco	Mary Cristy	Toi, La Musique Et Moi (You, the music and I)	3	93
Netherlands	Sandra Reemer	The Party's Over	9	56
Norway	Anne-Karine Strøm	Mata Hari	17	7
Portugal	Carlos do Carmo	Uma Flor De Verde Pinho	12	24
Spain	Braulio	Sobran Las Palabras	16	11
Switzerland	Peter, Sue and Marc	Djambo, Djambo	4	91
United Kingdom	Brotherhood of Man	Save Your Kisses for Me	1	164
Yugoslavia	Ambasadori	Ne mogu skriti svoju bol	18	6/10*
Venue: Congresgebouw - Den Haag, Netherlands
The table is ordered alphabetically by the countries' names.
*A scrutineer missed the 4 points France gave to Yugoslavia during the voting. Official EBU results omit the vote.

Voting structure

Each country had a jury who awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points for their top ten songs.

Score sheet

		Juries
	United Kingdom		12	8	12	8	12	3	10	12	12	10	12	4	10	12	10	7	10
	Switzerland	12		5	4	1	7	1	6	10	2	7	4	0	8	7	4	6	7
	Germany	0	2		0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	3
	Israel	6	7	3		7	5	4	2	7	0	8	1	10	6	2	1	0	8
	Luxembourg	0	0	0	0		6	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Belgium	7	6	0	1	0		0	4	6	0	12	0	8	3	8	8	5	0
	Ireland	10	0	1	3	3	0		0	0	8	0	5	12	2	0	6	3	1
	Netherlands	0	4	4	8	4	4	2		1	7	0	3	2	4	6	2	0	5
	Norway	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
	Greece	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		4	0	5	0	1	0	8	0
	Finland	2	0	6	6	0	0	5	1	4	0		6	0	7	0	7	0	0
	Spain	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		3	0	0	3	1	0
	Italy	1	8	0	2	0	0	12	0	3	10	6	0		1	10	0	10	6
	Austria	4	3	10	10	5	3	10	7	2	6	5	8	0		0	5	0	2
	Portugal	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0		0	12	0
	Monaco	5	5	7	7	12	8	8	8	5	0	2	7	7	5	3		0	4
	France	8	10	12	5	10	10	7	12	8	5	3	10	6	12	5	12		12
	Yugoslavia	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
The table is ordered by appearance.

Map

• Green = Participating countries
• Yellow = Countries who have participated in the past but don't this year