Jeux sans frontières season 12

Jeux sans frontières
Season 12
No. of teams7 countries
WinnerWest Germany Ettlingen
Runner-upSwitzerland La Neuveville
Head referees
No. of episodes8
Release
Original release2 June (1976-06-02) –
22 September 1976 (1976-09-22)
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The 12th season of the international television game show Jeux sans frontières was held in the summer of 1976. Broadcasters from Belgium, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and West Germany participated in the competition coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The different heats were hosted by each of the participant broadcasters in locations in their countries such as Milan (Italy), Liège (Belgium), Bad Mergentheim (West Germany), Groningen (Netherlands), Nîmes (France), Caslano (Switzerland), and Leeds (United Kingdom). The grand final was held in Blackpool (United Kingdom). The head international referee in charge of supervising the competition were Gennaro Olivieri and Guido Pancaldi [it].[1]

A team from Liechtenstein competed in one of the heats instead Switzerland. The season was won by the team from Ettlingen, West Germany, being the runner-up the team from La Neuveville, Switzerland.[2][3]

Participants

Country Broadcaster Code Colour
 Belgium RTB / BRT B Yellow
 France Antenne 2 F Purple
 Italy RAI I Blue
 Netherlands NCRV NL Orange
  Switzerland SRG SSR TSI CH Gold
 Liechtenstein No broadcaster FL
 United Kingdom BBC GB Red
 West Germany ARD D Light blue

Heats

Heat 1

Heat 1 was hosted by Antenne 2 on 2 June 1976 on the Arena in Nîmes, France.

Place Country Town Points
1 I Jesolo 41
2 D Trostberg 40
2 NL Pijnacker 40
2 CH Huttwil 40
5 F Nîmes 37
6 GB Blackpool 34
7 B Blankenberge 26

Heat 2

Heat 2 was hosted by RAI on 16 June 1976 at the Palasport di San Siro in Milan, Italy.

Place Country Town Points
1 CH Roche 37
2 D Lippstadt 36
2 NL Weert 36
4 B Schaerbeek 34
5 F Toulon 29
6 I Bollate 26
6 GB Tamworth 26

Heat 3

Heat 3 was hosted by SRG SSR TSI on 23 June 1976 in Caslano, Switzerland.

Place Country Town Points
1 GB Newbury 46
2 CH Caslano 43
3 F Arbois 36
4 I Amalfi 33
5 D Birkenfeld 32
6 B Wezembeek-Oppem 31
7 NL Zutphen 24

Heat 4

Heat 4 was hosted by the BBC on 14 July 1976 at Roundhay Park in Leeds, United Kingdom.

Place Country Town Points
1 GB Kirklees 45
2 D Traunstein 41
3 NL Oldekerk 38
4 CH Füllinsdorf 32
5 F Villefranche-sur-Saône 25
7 B Tournai 24
6 I Riva del Garda 23

Heat 5

Heat 5 was hosted by RTB on 11 August 1976 in Liège, Belgium.

Place Country Town Points
1 CH La Neuveville 45
2 NL Hilvarenbeek 40
3 B Liège 36
4 D Bad Füssing 33
5 F Agen 31
6 GB Thurrock 30
7 I Perugia 22

Heat 6

Heat 6 was hosted by ARD on 25 August 1976 at the inner courtyard of the Deutschordenschloß in Bad Mergentheim, West Germany.

Place Country Town Points
1 B Geel 46
2 D Alsfeld 45
3 GB Redcar 34
4 CH Brissago 31
5 F Douai 29
6 I Milazzo 25
7 NL Valkenisse 24

Heat 7

Heat 7 was hosted by NCRV on 8 September 1976 at Stadspark in Groningen, Netherlands.

Place Country Town Points
1 D Ettlingen 42
2 GB Edinburgh 37
3 NL Groningen 35
4 FL Liechtenstein 34
5 F Saint-Gaudens 32
6 B Aalter 29
7 I Silvi Marina 21

Qualifiers

The teams with the most points from each country advanced to the grand final:

Country Town Place won Points won
GB Newbury 1 46
B Geel 1 46
CH La Neuveville 1 45
D Ettlingen 1 42
I Jesolo 1 41
NL Hilvarenbeek 2 40
F Arbois 3 36

Final

The final was hosted by the BBC on 22 September 1976 in Blackpool, United Kingdom.

Place Country Town Points
1 D Ettlingen 52
2 CH La Neuveville 41
3 B Geel 40
4 F Arbois 33
5 GB Newbury 27
6 NL Hilvarenbeek 21
7 I Jesolo 18

References

  1. ^ "Jeux sans frontières 1976". jsfnetfrance.free.fr (in French). Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  2. ^ Pillirone, Nicolo. "Series Edizione 1976". giochisenzafrontiere.net (in Italian). Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Jeux Sans Frontières 1976". jsfnetgb.co.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2024.