Eurovision Song Contest 1976

Eurovision Song Contest 1976
Dates
Final	3 April 1976
Host
Venue	Nederlands Congresgebouw The Hague, Netherlands
Presenter(s)	Corry Brokken Hans van Willigenburg (green room)
Musical director	Jan Stulen
Directed by	Theo Ordeman
Executive supervisor	Clifford Brown
Executive producer	Fred Oster
Host broadcaster	Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS)
Website	eurovision.tv/event/the-hague-1976
Participants
Number of entries	18
Debuting countries	None
Returning countries	Austria  Greece
Non-returning countries	Malta  Sweden  Turkey
Participation map      Competing countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 1976
Vote
Voting system	Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their 10 favourite songs
Winning song	United Kingdom "Save Your Kisses for Me"
1975 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 1977

The Eurovision Song Contest 1976 was the 21st edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in The Hague, Netherlands, following the country's victory at the 1975 contest with the song "Ding-a-dong" by Teach-In. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS), the contest was held at the Nederlands Congrescentrum on 3 April 1976 and was hosted by 1957 Dutch Eurovision winner Corry Brokken.

Eighteen countries took part in the contest with Sweden, Malta and Turkey opting not to return to the contest after participating the previous year. Malta would not return to the contest again until 1991. On the other hand, Austria and Greece returned to the competition, having been absent since 1972 and 1974 respectively.

United Kingdom won the contest this year with the song "Save Your Kisses for Me" by Brotherhood of Man.^[1] The song went on to become the biggest selling winning single in the history of the contest and won with 80.39% of the possible maximum score and an average of 9.65 of 12; a record under the voting system introduced in 1975.^[2]