1963, Music: Eurovision Song Contest

The 8th Eurovision Song Contest was held on 23 March 1963 at the BBC Television Centre London, United Kingdom.

France had won the contest in 1962 but were incapable of hosting in 1963, due to financial shortcomings, the BBC stepped in to save the event. Katie Boyle presented the festival and of the 16 participants Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann won for Denmark with "Dansevise". It was Denmark's first win. Finland, Norway and Sweden all failed to score any points for the first time. The Netherlands received no points for the second time, and became the first country to go two years in a row without scoring a single point.

Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann

(top l-r) Heidi Bruhl (Germany), unknown, Monica Zetterlund (Sweden), Annie Palmen (Netherlands),

Anita Thalloug (Norway), Alain Barriere (France), Laila Halme (Finland), Carmela Corren (Austria),

Grethe and Jorgen Ingmann (Denmark), Ester Ofarini (Switzerland), Nana Mouskouri (Luxembourg)

and Jacques Raymond (Belgium) (front sitting) Jose Guardiola (Spain) and Emilio Pericoli (Italy)

Draw	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points
01	United Kingdom	Ronnie Carroll	"Say Wonderful Things"	4	28
02	Netherlands	Annie Palmen	"Een speeldoos"	13	0
03	Germany	Heidi Brühl	"Marcel"	9	5
04	Austria	Carmela Corren	"Vielleicht geschieht ein Wunder"	7	16
05	Norway	Anita Thallaug	"Solhverv"	13	0
06	Italy	Emilio Pericoli	"Uno per tutte"	3	37
07	Finland	Laila Halme	"Muistojeni laulu"	13	0
08	Denmark	Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann	"Dansevise"	1	42
09	Yugoslavia	Vice Vukov	"Brodovi"	11	3
10	Switzerland	Esther Ofarim	"T'en va pas"	2	40
11	France	Alain Barrière	"Elle était si jolie"	5	25
12	Spain	José Guardiola	"Algo prodigioso"	12	2
13	Sweden	Monica Zetterlund	"En gång i Stockholm"	13	0
14	Belgium	Jacques Raymond	"Waarom?"	10	4
15	Monaco	Françoise Hardy	"L'amour s'en va"	5	25
16	Luxembourg	Nana Mouskouri	"À force de prier"	8	13

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