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, (NOS), selected its entry through a national final. In addition, NOS was also the host broadcaster and staged the event at the in The Hague, after winning the 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 in a duo with Dries Holten (Andres), and would also take part in the under the name of Xandra.
(NOS) held the national final at the 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.
On the night of the final Reemer performed 8th in the running order, following and preceding . At the close of voting "The Party's Over" had received 56 points from 14 countries, placing the Netherlands 9th of the 18 entries. The Dutch jury awarded its 12 points to .
The Dutch conductor at the contest was Harry van Hoof.