The Eurovision Song Contest 1976 became the 21st Eurovision Song Contest . It was held on April 3, 1976 in the city of The Hague ( Netherlands ), in the building of the Palace of Congresses. Sweden, Malta and Turkey refused to participate, but Austria and Greece returned, resulting in 18 countries. Liechtenstein was again not allowed to participate in the competition. Many non-English speaking countries, such as Austria, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway and Switzerland, decided to perform their songs in English.
| Eurovision 1976 | |
|---|---|
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| Dates | |
| The final | April 3, 1976 |
| Carrying out | |
| Location |  The Hague , Netherlands |
| Leading | Corrie Brocken |
| Main broadcaster | Nos |
| Members | |
| Total participants | 18 |
| Returning |  Greece Austria |
| Abandoned |  Malta Turkey Sweden Liechtenstein ( disqualification ) |
Map of participating countries   | |
| results | |
| Voting system | Each country estimates 10 participants with grades 1-8, 10, 12 |
| Zero points | not |
| Winning song |  Save Your Kisses for Me ( UK ) |
| Eurovision | |
| ← 1975 • 1976 • 1977 → | |
The UK won the Grand Prix with the song “Save your kisses for me”, performed by Brotherhood of Man, which became a commercially successful hit and sold over 6 million copies worldwide. The famous Italian duo Al Bano and Romina Power took 7th place.
Content
Results
| # p / p | A country | Tongue | Executor | Song | Russian translation | A place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Great Britain | English | Brotherhood of man | Save Your Kisses for Me | Save your kisses for me | one | 164 |
| 2 | Switzerland | English | Peter, Sue, and Mark | Djambo, djambo | Jumbo, jumbo | four | 91 |
| 3 | Germany | Deutsch | Les humphries singers | Sing, sang, song | Sing, sing, song | 15 | 12 |
| four | Israel | Hebrew | Chocolate, Menta, Mastik | אמור שלום (Emor shalom) | Say hello" | 6 | 77 |
| five | Luxembourg | French | Jürgen Marcus | Chansons pour ceux qui s'aiment | Songs for those in love | 14 | 17 |
| 6 | Belgium | French | Pierre Rapeseed | Judy et cie | Judy and Co. | eight | 68 |
| 7 | Ireland | English | Red Hurley | When | When | ten | 54 |
| eight | Netherlands | English | Sandra Reimer | The party's over | The holiday is over | 9 | 56 |
| 9 | Norway | English | Anne-Carine Ström | Mata hari | Mata Hari | 18 | 7 |
| ten | Greece | Greek | Marisa koch | Παναγιά μου, Παναγιά μου (Panagia Mou, Panagia Mou) | Holy Virgin, Holy Virgin | 13 | 20 |
| eleven | Finland | English | Freddy and Ystävät | Pump pump | Boom Boom | eleven | 44 |
| 12 | Spain | Spanish | Braulio | Sobran las palabras | Words are not needed | sixteen | eleven |
| 13 | Italy | English / Italian | Al Bano and Romina Power | We'll Live It All Again / Noi lo rivivremo di nuovo | We would survive it again | 7 | 69 |
| 14 | Austria | English | Waterloo and robinson | My little world | My little world | five | 80 |
| 15 | Portugal | Portuguese | Carlos do Carmo | Uma flor de verde pinho | Green pine flower | 12 | 24 |
| sixteen | Monaco | French | Marie christie | Toi, la musique et moi | You music and me | 3 | 93 |
| 17 | France | French | Catherine Ferry | Un, deux, trois | One two Three | 2 | 147 |
| 18 | Yugoslavia | Bosnian | Ambasadori | Ne mogu skriti svoju bol | Can't hide my pain | 17 | ten |
Returning Artists
- Switzerland : Peter, Sue and Marc (12th place at Eurovision 1971 )
- Netherlands : Sandra Reemer (4th place at Eurovision 1972 (in a duet with Andres))
- Finland : Fredi (12th place at Eurovision 1967 )
- Norway : Anne-Karine Ström (7th place at Eurovision 1973 (as part of Bendik Singers ); 14th place at Eurovision 1974 )
Voting
| Total | |||||||||||||||||||
| Great Britain | 12 | eight | 12 | eight | 12 | 3 | ten | 12 | 12 | ten | 12 | four | ten | 12 | ten | 7 | ten | 164 | |
| Switzerland | 12 | five | four | one | 7 | one | 6 | ten | 2 | 7 | four | - | eight | 7 | four | 6 | 7 | 91 | |
| Germany | - | 2 | - | 2 | one | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 12 | |
| Israel | 6 | 7 | 3 | 7 | five | four | 2 | 7 | - | eight | one | ten | 6 | 2 | one | - | eight | 77 | |
| Luxembourg | - | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | five | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | |
| Belgium | 7 | 6 | - | one | - | - | four | 6 | - | 12 | - | eight | 3 | eight | eight | five | - | 68 | |
| Ireland | ten | - | one | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | eight | - | five | 12 | 2 | - | 6 | 3 | one | 54 | |
| Netherlands | - | four | four | eight | four | four | 2 | one | 7 | - | 3 | 2 | four | 6 | 2 | - | five | 56 | |
| Norway | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | four | - | - | - | 7 | |
| Greece | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | four | - | five | - | one | - | eight | - | 20 | |
| Finland | 2 | - | 6 | five | - | - | five | one | four | - | 6 | - | 7 | - | 7 | - | - | 44 | |
| Spain | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | one | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | one | - | eleven | |
| Italy | one | eight | - | 2 | - | - | 12 | - | 3 | ten | 6 | - | one | ten | - | ten | 6 | 69 | |
| Austria | four | 3 | ten | ten | five | 3 | ten | 7 | 2 | 6 | five | eight | - | - | five | - | 2 | 80 | |
| Portugal | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | four | one | - | one | - | - | 12 | - | 24 | |
| Monaco | five | five | 7 | 7 | 12 | eight | eight | eight | five | - | 2 | 7 | 7 | five | 3 | - | four | 93 | |
| France | eight | ten | 12 | five | ten | ten | 7 | 12 | eight | five | 3 | ten | 6 | 12 | five | 12 | 12 | 147 | |
| Yugoslavia | - | one | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | four | ten |
12 points in the final
| Qty | Receiving country | Voting Country |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Great Britain | Switzerland Belgium Norway Israel Greece Spain Portugal |
| five | France | Germany The Netherlands Austria Monaco Yugoslavia |
| one | Belgium | Finland |
| Ireland | Italy | |
| Italy | Ireland | |
| Monaco | Luxembourg | |
| Portugal | France | |
| Switzerland | Great Britain |