Eurovision Song Contest 1976

Eurovision Song Contest 1976
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"
Voting system
Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs
Number of entries	18
Debuting countries	None
Returning countries	Austria  Greece
Withdrawing countries	Sweden  Malta  Turkey
Interval act	The Dutch Swing College Band
Participation Map      Participating participants     Countries who have participated in the past but did not this year
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 attempted to submit an entry to the contest, but as they had no broadcasting service of their own, they were not allowed to. Their entry would have been "Little Cowboy" by Biggi Bachmann.^[1][2]

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 The previous year Greece had withdrawn from the contest in protest over this matter.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.^[3]

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.^[1] Malta would not return to the competition until 1991.

Individual Entries

Results

Draw	Country	Language	Artist	Song	English translation	Place	Points
01	United Kingdom	English	Brotherhood of Man	"Save Your Kisses for Me"	-	1	164
02	Switzerland	English	Peter, Sue and Marc	"Djambo, Djambo"	-	4	91
03	Germany	German	Les Humphries Singers	"Sing Sang Song"	-	15	12
04	Israel	Hebrew	Shokolad Menta Mastik	"Emor Shalom" (אמור שלום)	Say Hello	6	77
05	Luxembourg	French	Jürgen Marcus	"Chansons pour ceux qui s'aiment"	Songs For Those Who Love Each Other	14	17
06	Belgium	French	Pierre Rapsat	"Judy et Cie"	Judy And Company	8	68
07	Ireland	English	Red Hurley	"When"	-	10	54
08	Netherlands	English	Sandra Reemer	"The Party's Over"	-	9	56
09	Norway	English	Anne-Karine Strøm	"Mata Hari"	-	18	7
10	Greece	Greek	Mariza Koch	"Panayia Mou, Panayia Mou" (Παναγιά μου, Παναγιά μου)	My Lady, My Lady	13	20
11	Finland	English	Fredi & Friends	"Pump-Pump"	-	11	44
12	Spain	Spanish	Braulio	"Sobran las palabras"	Words Are Unnecessary	16	11
13	Italy	English, Italian	Al Bano & Romina Power	"We'll Live It All Again" (Noi lo rivivremo di nuovo)	-	7	69
14	Austria	English	Waterloo & Robinson	"My Little World"	-	5	80
15	Portugal	Portuguese	Carlos do Carmo	"Uma flor de verde pinho"	A Green Pine Flower	12	24
16	Monaco	French	Mary Cristy	"Toi, la musique et moi"	You, The Music And Me	3	93
17	France	French	Catherine Ferry	"Un, deux, trois"	One, Two, Three	2	147
18	Yugoslavia	Serbo-Croatian	Ambasadori	"Ne mogu skriti svoju bol"	I Can't Hide My Pain	17	10

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.

During the voting, the French spokesperson forgot to award the jury's 4 points, which should have gone to Yugoslavia. This wasn't corrected until after the voting.

Score sheet

		Results
	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

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points in the final:

Commentators

• United Kingdom - Michael Aspel
• Switzerland - Theodor Haller (SRG), Georges Hardy (SSR), Giovanni Bertini (TSI)
• Germany - Werner Veigel
• Israel - No commentator
• Luxembourg - TBD
• Belgium - Paule Herreman (RTB), Luc Appermont (BRT)
• Ireland - Mike Murphy
• The Netherlands - Willem Duys
• Norway - Jo Vestly
• Greece - Mako Georgiadou
• Finland - Vesa Nuotio
• Spain - José Luis Uribarri
• Italy - Silvio Noto
• Austria - Ernst Grissemann
• Portugal - Eládio Clímaco
• Monaco - TBD
• France - Jean-Claude Massoulier
• Yugoslavia - No commentator

Spokespersons

• United Kingdom - Ray Moore
• Switzerland - Michel Dénériaz
• Germany - TBC
• Israel - Daniel Pe'er
• Luxembourg - Jean Octave
• Belgium - Georges Moucheron
• Ireland - Brendan Balfe
• The Netherlands - TBC
• Norway - Sverre Kristoffersen
• Greece - TBC
• Finland - Erkki Vihtonen
• Spain - José María Íñigo
• Italy - TBC
• Austria - TBC
• Portugal - Ana Zanatti
• Monaco - TBC
• France - TBC
• Yugoslavia - TBC

References