1976

VENUE Congresgebouw, The Hague		ENTRIES 18
HOST Corry Brokken		DEBUTS None

Everyone remembers 'Save Your Kisses For Me', the UK winner, and arguably the most successful contest winner ever, but the second-placed song was quite special too, 'Un Deux Trois', sung for France by Catherine Ferry. If you discount the very first contest in 1956, when the voting was not made public, and the years 1971-73 when every song had to receive some votes from each jury, 'Un Deux Trois' became the first song to receive votes from every jury and not win the contest.

Norway's Anne-Karine Stroem was back for third try, this time solo after two goes with the Bendik Singers. Her glamourous likeness was posted on Dutch (the host nation) newspapers before the contest, but sadly her mega-kitsch tribute to the exotic spy Mata Hari finished bottom of the pile (shame!).

Amid all the bubblegum pop there was a distinct air of the political. The Greek entry was a song about the Turkish occupation of Northern Cyprus and the Israeli song was performed by a group formed by three women doing their national service.

United Kingdom	Save Your Kisses For Me	Brotherhood Of Man	1
Switzerland	Djambo Djambo	Peter, Sue & Marc	4
Germany	Sing Sang Song	Les Humphries Singers	15
Israel	Emor Shalom	Chocolate Menta Mastik	6
Luxembourg	Chansons Pour Ceux Qui S'Aiment	Jürgen Marcus	14
Belgium	Judy & Compagnie	Pierre Rapsat	8
Ireland	When	Red Hurley	10
Netherlands	The Party's Over	Sandra Reemer	9
Norway	Mata Hari	Anne-Karine Strøm	18
Greece	Panaghía Mou Panaghía Mou	Mariza Koch	13
Finland	Pump-Pump	Fredi & Friends	11
Spain	Sobran Las Palabras	Braulio	16
Italy	Noi Lo Rivivremo Di Nuovo	Romina Power & Al Bano	7
Austria	My Little World	Waterloo & Robinson	5
Portugal	Uma Flor De Verde Pinho	Carlos Do Carmo	12
Monaco	Toi La Musique Et Moi	Mary Christy	3
France	Un Deux Trois	Catherine Ferry	2
Yugoslavia	Ne Mogu Skriti	Ambassadori	17

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