A Song for The Hague (1976)
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| Preliminary decision data | |
| country |  Germany
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| place | Frankfurt am Main |
| date | January 31, 1976 |
| Time | 8:15 pm ( CET ) |
| Number of participants | 12 |
| poll | 100% televoting |
| Moderation | |
 Max Schautzer |
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A song for The Hague was the German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest in 1976 .
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After internal selections and jury decisions had only caused poor results in the previous years, the Hessischer Rundfunk now put responsibility in the hands of the audience. All German citizens could decide by sending in postcards.
This year, the contributions were not sung live by the performers, but played from previously recorded videos, which moderator Max Schautzer then commented on. The preliminary decision was broadcast for the first time on January 31, 1976. Postcards could then be sent in for a week before the results broadcast on February 18.
Attendees
Among the participants were the young singer Maggie Mae (applause for a totally crazy house), who had already taken part in the German preliminary decision the year before , but only achieved 7th place with Die totally verrückte Zeit , and Ireen Sheer (once water , once wine), which had already represented Luxembourg in 1974 . The native Dutch Bruce Low was already involved in the Dutch preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 1958 . Piera Martell (A New Day) represented her home country, Switzerland , at the Eurovision Song Contest 1974, but only came in last.
Placements
| space | Start number | Interpreter | Song Music (M) and Text (T) |
Audience votes |
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| 1. | 11. | Tony Marshall |
The star M / T: Detlef Petersen |
118,250 |
| 2. | 8th. | Les Humphries Singers |
Sing Sang Song M: Ralph Siegel ; T: Kurt Hertha |
96,705 |
| 3. | 7th | Maggie Mae |
Applause for a totally crazy house M: Werner Twardy ; T: Dieter Liffers |
71,882 |
| 4th | 6th | Nina & Mike |
Come on, go with me M: / T: Karl-Heinz Bardo |
61,944 |
| 5. | 2. | Love generation |
Thomas Alva Edison M: Günther-Eric Thöner ; T: Erich Offierowski |
58,846 |
| 6th | 10. | Meeting point |
It's a human M / T: Wilton Kullmann |
53,568 |
| 7th | 3. | Lena Valaitis |
You're making a career M: Hans-Georg Moslener ; T: Wolfgang Mürmann |
47,714 |
| 8th. | 9. | Ireen Sheer |
Once water, once wine M: Günther-Eric Thöner; T: Erich Offierowski |
45.032 |
| 9. | 4th | Bruce Low |
The fair of our vanity M: Horst-Heinz Henning ; T: Christine Neuhausen |
43,352 |
| 10. | 5. | Ina Deter |
If you are like your smile M / T: Ina Deter |
27.903 |
| 11. | 12. | Piera Martell |
A new day M: Jürgen Triebel ; T: Horst-Herbert Krause |
24,525 |
| 12. | 1. | Tina York |
The old house M / T: Frank Cornely |
17,562 |
Disqualification of the winning title
But four days after the results were broadcast, the Israeli singer Nizza Thobi revealed that she had already sung the winning song Der Star in 1973 - three years before the event - even with the permission of the composer Detlef Petersen . The song was also known to GEMA . So Tony Marshall was disqualified.
He said he knew nothing about it and refused to take part in a new preliminary decision. HR simply nominated the runner-up in the preliminary round, the Les Humphries Singers with Sing Sang Song as candidates for the Eurovision Song Contest. With 12 points, the group reached 15th place.