Eurovision Song Contest 1976
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1976 |
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| Final | 3 April 1976 |
| Presenter(s) | Corry Brokken |
| Conductor | Harry van Hoof |
| Director | Theo Ordeman |
| Host broadcaster |  NOS |
| Venue | Congresgebouw, The Hague, Netherlands |
| Winning song |  United Kingdom"Save Your Kisses for Me" |
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| Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs | |
| Number of entries | 18 |
| Returning countries |  Austria.svg/22px-Flag_of_Greece_(1828-1978).svg.png){kind=small} Greece |
| Withdrawing countries |  Sweden Malta Turkey |
| Interval act | The Dutch Swing College Band |
| Eurovision Song Contest | |
| ◄1975 • 1977► | |
The Eurovision Song Contest 1976, the 21st in the series, was held in The Hague, Netherlands, on 3 April 1976. With Corry Brokken as the presenter – the first time a previous winner of the contest had played hostess – the contest was won by Brotherhood of Man, representing the United Kingdom, with their song "Save Your Kisses for Me".
Liechtenstein once again attempted to submit an entry to the contest, but as they still had no broadcasting service of their own, this was not admitted. Their entry would have been "Little Cowboy" by Biggi Bachmann.
The entry from Greece aroused controversy as it was about the Turkish occupation of northern Cyprus. The previous year Greece had withdrawn from the contest in protest over this matter.
Sweden withdrew from the contest, as the broadcaster Sveriges Radio (SR) did not have enough money to host another contest if Sweden won again. A new rule was therefore introduced that the in future each partipicating broadcaster would have to pay a part of the cost of staging the contest. As the author and historian John Kennedy O'Connor notes in his book The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History, there had been public demonstrations in Sweden against the contest, which also played a part in SR's decision to withdraw. [1]
Malta, having selected Enzo Guzman with the song "Sing Your Song, Country Boy" to represent them, then withdrew from the contest for undisclosed reasons, as the singer has confirmed. Malta would not return to the competition until 1991.
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[edit] Results
| Country | Language | Artist | Song | English Translation | Place | Points |
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| Austria |
English | Waterloo and Robinson | "My Little World" | - | 5 | 80 |
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French | Pierre Rapsat | "Judy Et Cie" | Judy And Co | 8 | 68 |
 Finland |
English | Fredi & Friends | "Pump-Pump" | - | 11 | 44 |
 France |
French | Catherine Ferry | "Un, Deux, Trois" | One, Two, Three | 2 | 147 |
 Germany |
German | Les Humphries Singers | "Sing Sang Song" | Sing Sang Song | 15 | 12 |
| Greece |
Greek | Mariza Koch | Panayia Mu, Panayia Mu (Παναγιά μου, Παναγιά μου) | My Lady, My Lady | 13 | 20 |
 Ireland |
English | Red Hurley | "When" | - | 10 | 54 |
 Israel |
Hebrew | Chocolate Menta Mastik (Chocolate Mint Chewing-Gum) | "Emor Shalom" (אמור שלום) | Say Hello | 6 | 77 |
 Italy |
English, Italian | Al Bano & Romina Power | "We'll Live It All Again" | - | 7 | 69 |
 Luxembourg |
French | Jürgen Marcus | "Chansons Pour Ceux Qui S'Aiment" | Songs For Those Who Love Each Other | 14 | 17 |
 Monaco |
French | Mary Cristy | "Toi, La Musique Et Moi" | You, The Music And I | 3 | 93 |
| Netherlands |
English | Sandra Reemer | "The Party's Over" | - | 9 | 56 |
 Norway |
English | Anne-Karine Strøm | "Mata Hari" | - | 17 | 7 |
 Portugal |
Portuguese | Carlos do Carmo | "Uma Flor De Verde Pinho" | A Green-Pine Flower | 12 | 24 |
 Spain |
Spanish | Braulio | "Sobran Las Palabras" | Words Are Unnecessary | 16 | 11 |
 Switzerland |
English | Peter, Sue and Marc | "Djambo Djambo" | - | 4 | 91 |
| United Kingdom |
English | Brotherhood of Man | "Save Your Kisses for Me" | - | 1 | 164 |
 Yugoslavia |
Serbo-Croatian | Ambasadori | "Ne Mogu Skriti Svoju Bol" | I Can't Hide My Pain | 18 | 6/10* |
*A scrutineer missed the 4 points France gave to Yugoslavia during the voting. Official EBU results omit the vote. Although a tape recording of the programme, the French jury did not announce the 4 points for Yugoslavia but just announced the end of the vote.
[edit] 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.
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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 | |||
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[edit] 12 points
Below is a summary of all 12 point in the final:
| N. | To | From |
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| 7 | United Kingdom | Switzerland, Israel, Norway, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal |
| 5 | France | Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Monaco, Yugoslavia |
| 1 | Monaco | Luxemburg |
| 1 | Italy | Ireland |
| 1 | Ireland | Italy |
| 1 | Belgium | Finland |
| 1 | Switzerland | United Kingdom |
| 1 | Portugal | France |
[edit] Map
[edit] References
- ^ O'Connor, John Kennedy. The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History. Carlton Books, UK. 2007 ISBN 978-1-84442-994-3
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