1976 Eurovision Song Contest
| Eurovision Song Contest 1976 | |
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| Dates | |
| Final | 3 April 1976 |
| Host | |
| Venue |
Nederlands Congresgebouw The Hague, Netherlands |
| Presenter(s) | Corry Brokken |
| Conductor | Jan Steulen |
| Director | Theo Ordeman |
| Executive supervisor | Clifford Brown |
| Host broadcaster | Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) |
| Interval act | The Dutch Swing College Band |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 18 |
| Debuting countries | None |
| Returning countries | |
| Withdrawing countries | |
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| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs |
| Nul points | None |
| Winning song |
 United Kingdom"Save Your Kisses for Me" |
The Eurovision Song Contest 1976 was the 21st edition of the contest hosted by NOS and held in The Hague, Netherlands. The arena for the event was the Nederlands Congrescentrum. Teach-In's victory in the previous year gave The Netherlands the right to host the contest for the third time. The Contest was won by Brotherhood of Man, who sang "Save Your Kisses for Me" in English, representing the United Kingdom.
The Hague is the seat of government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the capital city of the province of South Holland. It is also the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam. Located in the west of the Netherlands, The Hague is in the centre of the Haaglanden conurbation and lies at the southwest corner of the larger Randstad conurbation. The contest took place at the Congresgebouw (presently known as the World Forum). The venue was constructed in 1969.
The scoring system introduced in the previous year's competition returned in 1976. Each jury gave 12 points to the best song, 10 to the second best, then 8 to the third, and then 7 to 1 (from fourth to tenth best song, according to the jury). Unlike today, the points were not given in order (from 1 up to 12), but in the order the songs were performed. The current procedure was not established until 1980.
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