Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976

The Netherlands was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 with the song "The Party's Over", written by Hans van Hemert, and performed by Sandra Reemer. The Dutch participating broadcaster, Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS), selected its entry through a national final. In addition, NOS was also the host broadcaster and staged the event at the Nederlands Congresgebouw in The Hague, after winning the previous edition with the song "Ding-a-dong" by Teach-In. 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.

Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976
Eurovision Song Contest 1976
Participating broadcaster	Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS)
Country	Netherlands
Selection process	Nationaal Songfestival 1976
Selection date	18 February 1976
Competing entry
Song	"The Party's Over"
Artist	Sandra Reemer
Songwriter	Hans van Hemert
Placement
Final result	9th, 56 points
Participation chronology
◄1975 • 1976 • 1977►

Before Eurovision

Nationaal Songfestival 1976

Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) held the national final at the Nederlands Congresgebouw in The Hague (the same venue where the Eurovision final was to take place) on 18 February 1976, hosted by Willem Duys.

Five songs took part, with the winner being decided by eleven regional juries who each had 10 points to allocate between the songs. All the acts were well-known hitmakers in the Netherlands. "The Party's Over" emerged the winner.

Final – 18 February 1976

Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Spooky & Sue	"Do You Dig It"	5	5
2	Bolland & Bolland	"Souvenir"	30	2
3	Sandra Reemer	"The Party's Over"	35	1
4	Rosy & Andres	"I Was Born to Love"	17	4
5	Lucifer	"Someone Is Waiting for You"	23	3

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Reemer performed 8th in the running order, following Ireland and preceding Norway. At the close of voting "The Party's Over" had received 56 points from 14 countries, placing the Netherlands 9th of the 18 entries.^[1] The Dutch jury awarded its 12 points to France.^[2]

The Dutch conductor at the contest was Harry van Hoof.

Voting

Points awarded to the Netherlands[2] Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points  Israel 7 points  Greece 6 points  Portugal 5 points  Yugoslavia 4 points  Austria  Belgium  Germany  Luxembourg   Switzerland 3 points  Spain 2 points  Ireland  Italy  Monaco 1 point  Norway

Points awarded by the Netherlands[2] Score Country 12 points  France 10 points  United Kingdom 8 points  Monaco 7 points  Austria 6 points   Switzerland 5 points  Luxembourg 4 points  Belgium 3 points  Norway 2 points  Israel 1 point  Finland