Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976
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The Netherlands was represented by Sandra Reemer, with the song "The Party's Over", at the 1976 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 3 April in The Hague, following Teach-In's victory for the Netherlands the previous year. The song was the winner of the Dutch national final for the contest, held on 18 February. This was the second of Reemer's three Eurovision appearances for the Netherlands: she had sung in the 1972 contest in a duo with Dries Holten (Andres), and would also take part in the 1979 contest under the name of Xandra.
Eurovision Song Contest 1976 | ||||
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Country | Netherlands | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Nationaal Songfestival 1976 | |||
Selection date(s) | 18 February 1976 | |||
Selected entrant | Sandra Reemer | |||
Selected song | "The Party's Over" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) | Hans van Hemert | |||
Finals performance | ||||
Final result | 9th, 56 points | |||
Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Prior to the contest, there was controversy when some other national delegations laid accusations that "The Party's Over" plagiarised the 1968 Mary Hopkin hit "Those Were the Days". The allegations of plagiarism were considered and rejected by contest organisers the European Broadcasting Union, who conceded that the songs were very similar in style and structure, but did not find any similarity between the actual melodies.