Eurovision Song Contest 1963

8th Eurovision Song Contest
date	March 23, 1963
Host country	United Kingdom
venue	BBC Television Center , London
Broadcasting television station
Moderation	Katie Boyle
Pause filler	Ola and Barbro
participating countries	16
winner	Denmark
Voting rule	In each country, a jury awarded 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 points to the five best titles.
◄ ESC 1962 • ESC 1964 ►

The 8th Eurovision Song Contest took place on March 23, 1963 in London and thus, contrary to custom, not in the winning country of the previous year, France . It was moderated again by Katie Boyle.

particularities

Label of the single Dansevise by Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann, German pressing from 1963

The competition took place in two halls; The audience and presenter were in a different room than the artists. There were also no microphones to be seen and the conversion between the performances went very quickly, giving the impression that the music contributions had been recorded beforehand, which was not the case. The competition was won by Grethe & Jörgen Ingmann , who started for Denmark with the song Dansevise .

This time the following four countries did not receive any points: Finland, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden.

A minor scandal occurred with the voting, which should be announced in the starting order. When the Norwegian spokesman announced his votes in a different order and was informed of this by the moderator Katie Boyle, he asked for a time to think before the end of the vote, which was granted. At the end of the vote - with the fictitious inclusion of the votes previously passed for Norway, Switzerland would have been in the lead - the spokesman for Norway announced his assessment again; However, it differed from the previous one, so that Denmark was now ahead. At the end of the 1990s, the old scoring sheets could be found. It turned out that the second Norwegian result was correct and Denmark had rightly won.

Monaco also had to announce the ratings again, as 1 point was awarded twice in the first reading. As a result, Luxembourg was deducted a point that had previously been incorrectly credited.

Attendees

participating countries

There was no change compared to previous years, so that again sixteen countries took part.

Voting procedure

First of all, the juries determined an internal order. Then only the points of the first five were publicly communicated - the best song received 5, the second best song 4, the third best song 3, the fourth best song 2 and the fifth best song one point.

Placements

space	Start number	country	Interpreter	Title (M = music; T = text)	language	translation	Points
01.	08th	Denmark	Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann	Dansevise M: Otto Francker : T: Sejr Volmer-Sørensen	Danish	Dance ballad	42
02.	10	Switzerland	Esther Ofarim	T'en va pas M: Géo Voumard ; T: Émile Gardaz	French	Do not go	40
03.	06th	Italy	Emilio Pericoli	Uno per tutte M: Tony Renis ; T: Mogol , Alberto Testa	Italian	One for all	37
04th	01	United Kingdom	Ronnie Carroll	Say Wonderful Things M: Philip Green; T: Norman Newell	English	Say wonderful things	28
05.	11	France	Alain Barrière	Elle était si jolie M / T: Alain Barrière, A. Migiani	French	She was so beautiful	25th
05.	15th	Monaco	Françoise Hardy	L'amour s'en va M / T: Françoise Hardy	French	Love passes	25th
07th	04th	Austria	Carmela Corren	Maybe a miracle will happen M: Erwin Halletz ; T: Peter Wehle	German , English	-	16
08th.	16	Luxembourg	Nana Mouskouri	A force de prier M: Raymond Bernard ; T: Pierre Delanoë	French	By praying	13
09.	03	BR Germany	Heidi Brühl	Marcel M / T: Charly Niessen	German	-	05
10.	14th	Belgium	Jacques Raymond	Waarom? M: Hans Flower; T: Wim Brabants	Dutch	Why?	04th
11.	09	Yugoslavia	Vice Vukov	Brodovi M / T: Mario Nardelli	Croatian	Ships	03
12.	12	Spain	José Guardiola	Algo prodigioso M: Fernando García Morcillo; T: Camillo Murillo Janero	Spanish	Something wonderful	02
13.	02	Netherlands	Annie Palms	Een speeldoos M / T: Pieter Goemans	Dutch	A music box	00
13.	05	Norway	Anita Thallaug	Solhverv M / T: Dag Kristoffersen	Norwegian	Solstice	00
13.	07th	Finland	Laila Halme	Muistojeni laulu M: Börje Sundgren; T: Muistojeni Laulu	Finnish	The song of my memories	00
13.	13	Sweden	Monica Zetterlund	En gång i Stockholm M: Bobbie Ericsson; T: Beppe Wolgers	Swedish	Once upon a time in Stockholm	00

Scoring

Sustaining land		Forgiving country
country	Total	GBR	NED	GER	AUT	ITA	FIN	THE	YUG	SUI	FRA	ESP	SWE	BEL	MON	LUX	NOR
United Kingdom	28	-	3				3	3	3		3	5	2		1		5
Netherlands	00		-
BR Germany	05			-											3		2
Austria	16	4th			-		4th	1			2		3	2
Norway	00																-
Italy	37	2	1			-	2	5	4th	5		3		3	5	4th	3
Finland	00						-
Denmark	42	3	5	2	3	2	5	-		3			5	5		5	4th
Yugoslavia	03								-		1	2
Switzerland	40	5		4th	5	5		4th		-		4th	1	4th	4th	3	1
France	25th		4th	1	2	4th			5	4th	-	1		1	2	1
Spain	02								2			-
Sweden	00												-
Belgium	04th				4th									-
Monaco	25th	1	2	5	1	3			1	1	5		4th		-	2
Luxembourg	13			3		1	1	2		2	4th					-

* The table is arranged vertically according to the order of appearance, horizontally according to the chronological scoring.

See also

• List of winners and events of the Eurovision Song Contest

Web links

• Eurovision.tv on the ESC 1963
• Eurovision.de on the ESC 1963
• Diggiloo.net on the ESC 1963

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jan Feddersen: A song can be a bridge . 1st edition. Hoffmann and Campe Verlag, Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-455-09350-7 . P. 60.