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((Infobox song contest national year 
| Year                   = 1976
| Country                = Germany
| Preselection           = Ein Lied für Den Haag
| Preselection date      = 31 January 1976<br />1 February 1976
| Entrant                = [[Les Humphries Singers]]
| Song                   = Sing Sang Song
| Writer                 = ((unbulleted list|[[Ralph Siegel]]|Kurt Hertha))
| Final result           = 15th, 12 points
))
'''Germany''' was represented by the [[Les Humphries Singers]], with the song "Sing Sang Song", at the [[1976 Eurovision Song Contest]], which took place on 3 April in [[The Hague]]. "Sing Sang Song" originally placed runner-up in the German national final but became the German entry when the winner, "Der Star" by [[Tony Marshall (singer)|Tony Marshall]], was disqualified.

==Before Eurovision==
===Ein Lied für Den Haag===
The final was held over two nights &ndash; 31 January and 1 February &ndash; at the TV studios in [[Frankfurt]], hosted by [[Max Schauzer]]. 12 songs took part with six performed on each evening, with the winner chosen by postcard voting, the results of which were announced on 18 February. "Der Star" was the public choice by a margin of over 20,000 votes, but was later disqualified when it was discovered that the song had been performed in public prior to the national final. "Sing Sang Song" was therefore promoted and announced as the 1976 German entry.

Other participants with Eurovision connections were [[Ireen Sheer]] (Germany [[Eurovision Song Contest 1978|1978]], [[Luxembourg]] [[Eurovision Song Contest 1974|1974]] and [[Eurovision Song Contest 1985|1985]]), [[Lena Valaitis]] (Germany [[Eurovision Song Contest 1981|1981]]) and [[Piera Martell]] ([[Switzerland]] 1974).<ref>[http://natfinals.50webs.com/70s_80s/Germany1976.html ESC National Finals database 1976]</ref>

{| class="sortable wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto"
|-
! Draw
! Artist
! Song
! Songwriters
! Votes
! Place
|- 
| 1
| Tina York
| "Das alte Haus"
| Frank Cornely
| 17,562
| 12
|- 
| 2
| Love Generation
| "Thomas Alva Edison"
| Günther-Eric Thöner, Erich Offierowski
| 58,846
| 5
|-
| 3
| [[Lena Valaitis]]
| "Du machst Karriere"
| Hans-Georg Moslener, Wolfgang Mürmann
| 47,714
| 7
|-
| 4
| Bruce Low
| "Der Jahrmarkt unserer Eitelkeit"
| Horst-Heinz Henning, Christine Neuhausen
| 43,352
| 9
|- 
| 5
| Ina Deter
| "Wenn du so bist wie dein Lachen"
| Ina Deter
| 27,903
| 10
|-
| 6
| Nina & Mike
| "Komm geh mit mir"
| Karl-Heinz Bardo
| 61,944
| 4
|- 
| 7
| Maggie Mae
| "Applaus für ein total verrücktes Haus"
| Werner Twardy, Dieter Lieffers
| 71,882
| 3
|- bgcolor="gold"
| '''8'''
| '''[[Les Humphries Singers]]'''
| "'''Sing Sang Song'''" 
| '''[[Ralph Siegel]], Kurt Hertha'''
| '''96,705'''
| '''2'''
|- 
| 9
| [[Ireen Sheer]]
| "Einmal Wasser, einmal Wein"
| Günther-Eric Thöner, Erich Offierowski
| 45,032
| 8
|- 
| 10
| Meeting Point
| "Es ist ein Mensch"
| Wilton Kullmann
| 53,568
| 6
|- style="background:#FE8080;"
| 11
| [[Tony Marshall (singer)|Tony Marshall]]
| "Der Star"
| Detlef Petersen
| 118,250
| 1
|-
| 12
| [[Piera Martell]]
| "Ein neuer Tag"
| Jürgen Triebel, Horst-Herbert Krause
| 24,525
| 11
|}

== At Eurovision ==
On the night of the final, the Les Humphries Singers performed 3rd in the running order, following Switzerland and preceding [[Israel]]. In comparison to the slickly presented, precisely choreographed stage routines put together by other acts in the early part of the show (such as the [[United Kingdom]]'s [[Brotherhood of Man]] and [[Chocolate, Menta, Mastik]] from Israel), the German presentation came across on screen as ragged and untidy in the extreme, with no apparent thought having been given to providing a focused ensemble performance, and the audience response at the end of the song was noticeably muted and unenthusiastic. At the close of voting "Sing Sang Song" had received 12 points, placing Germany 15th of the 18 entries.<ref>((cite web |title=Final of The Hague 1976 |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/the-hague-1976/final |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=11 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411063744/https://eurovision.tv/event/the-hague-1976/final |archive-date=11 April 2021 |url-status=live))</ref> The German jury awarded 12 points to [[France]].<ref>[http://www.esc-history.com/details.asp?key=358 ESC History - Germany 1976]</ref>

The show was watched by 11.6 million viewers in Germany.<ref>((Cite web |last=Quotenmeter |last2=AGF |last3=GfK |title=TV-Reichweite des Eurovision Song Contests in den Jahren 1976 bis 2023 nach der Anzahl der Zuschauer |url=https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/182955/umfrage/tv-reichweite-des-eurovision-song-contest-seit-1976/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 August 2023 |website=Statista))</ref>

"Sing Sang Song" has a very negative reputation, with both the song and performance often being mentioned as among the worst ever heard and seen in a Eurovision final. An open online poll of Eurovision fans rated the song as the worst of the 1970s. The Les Humphries Singers had enjoyed considerable success prior to the contest but disbanded shortly thereafter: the Eurovision disaster is thought to have been a major factor in this decision.

=== Voting ===
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|+ Points awarded to Germany<ref name="1976detailed">((cite web |title=Results of the Final of The Hague 1976 |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/the-hague-1976/final/results/germany |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=11 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411063809/https://eurovision.tv/event/the-hague-1976/final/results/germany |archive-date=11 April 2021 |url-status=live))</ref>
|-
! scope="col" width="20%" | Score
! scope="col" | Country
|-
! scope="row" | 12 points
|
|-
! scope="row" | 10 points
|
|-
! scope="row" | 8 points
|
|-
! scope="row" | 7 points
|
|-
! scope="row" | 6 points
|
|-
! scope="row" | 5 points
|
|-
! scope="row" | 4 points
|
|-
! scope="row" | 3 points
| ((Esc|Yugoslavia|y=1976))
|-
! scope="row" | 2 points
| ((Unbulleted list|((Esc|France|y=1976))|((Esc|Luxembourg|y=1976))|((Esc|Spain|1945|y=1976))|((Esc|Switzerland|y=1976))))
|-
! scope="row" | 1 point
| ((Esc|Belgium|y=1976))
|}
((col-2))
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ Points awarded by Germany<ref name="1976detailed" />
|-
! scope="col" width="20%" | Score
! scope="col" | Country
|-
! scope="row" style="background:gold" | 12 points
| ((Esc|France|y=1976))
|-
! scope="row" style="background:silver" | 10 points
| ((Esc|Austria|y=1976))
|-
! scope="row" style="background:#CC9966" | 8 points
| ((Esc|United Kingdom|y=1976))
|-
! scope="row" | 7 points
| ((Esc|Monaco|y=1976))
|-
! scope="row" | 6 points
| ((Esc|Finland|y=1976))
|-
! scope="row" | 5 points
| ((Esc|Switzerland|y=1976))
|-
! scope="row" | 4 points
| ((Esc|Netherlands|y=1976))
|-
! scope="row" | 3 points
| ((Esc|Israel|y=1976))
|-
! scope="row" | 2 points
| ((Esc|Yugoslavia|y=1976))
|-
! scope="row" | 1 point
| ((Esc|Ireland|y=1976))
|}
((col-end))

== References ==
((reflist))

((Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest))
((Eurovision Song Contest 1976))

[[Category:Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest|1976]]
[[Category:Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976]]
[[Category:1976 in German television|Eurovision]]

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