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Encyclopedia > Eurovision Song Contest 1963

The Eurovision Song Contest 1963 was the eighth Eurovision and was held on March 23, 1963 in London. With Katie Boyle as the presenter, the contest was won by Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann who represented Denmark, with their song "Dansevise". The term Eurovision has several meanings: technically, the Eurovision Network created by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). ... March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (83rd in Leap years). ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the most populous city in the European Union, with an estimated population on 1 January 2005 of 7,421,328 and a metropolitan area population of between 12 and 14 million. ... Catherine Katie Boyle was a television presenter, well known for presenting Whats My Line?. She also was the presenter for the 1960, 1963, 1968 and 1974 Eurovision Song Contests. ... Grethe Ingmann (b. ... Jørgen Ingmann (born April 26, 1925) is a musician from Copenhagen, Denmark. ...


France had won the contest in 1962 but they handed the honour of hosting the event to the United Kingdom because they did not wish to host the contest again so soon after hosting the 1961 event. The same thing happened when the Netherlands won in 1959 and refused to host it in 1960. 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...


One controversial thing that happened was during the voting. After Norway announced the votes, Katie Boyle said that she could not hear them and would go back to them later, however everyone else did hear them. When Katie went back to Norway again the votes had been changed, thus changing the outcome of the contest and giving the victory to Norway's neighbours Denmark at Switzerland's expense.

Contents


Interval act

There was no interval act in 1963.


Results

Country
(Language)
Artist(s) Song
(Translation)
Place Points
Austria
(German/English)
Carmela Corren Vielleicht geschieht ein Wunder 7 16
Belgium
(Dutch)
Jacques Raymond Waarom?
(Why?)
10 4
Denmark
(Danish)
Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann Dansevise
(A Dance Tune)
1 42
Finland
(Finnish)
Laila Halme Muistojeni Laulu 13 0
France
(French)
Alain Barrière Elle Était Si Jolie 5 25
Germany
(German)
Heidi Brühl Marcel
(Marcel)
9 5
Italy
(Italian)
Emilio Pericoli Uno Per Tutte
(One for All)
3 37
Luxembourg
(French)
Nana Mouskouri A Force De Prier 8 13
Monaco
(French)
Françoise Hardy L'amour S'en Va 5 25
Netherlands
(Dutch)
Annie Palmen Een Speeldoos
(A Musicbox)
13 0
Norway
(Norwegian)
Anita Thallaug Solhverv
(Solctice)
13 0
Spain
(Spanish)
José Guardiola Algo Prodigioso 12 2
Sweden
(Swedish)
Monica Zetterlund En Gång I Stockholm
(Once in Stockholm)
13 0
Switzerland
(French)
Esther Ofarim T'en Va Pas
(Don't Go)
2 40
United Kingdom
(English)
Ronnie Carroll Say Wonderful Things
 
4 28
Yugoslavia
(Croatian)
Vice Vukov Brodovi 11 3
Venue: BBC Television Centre - London, United Kingdom
The table is ordered by the countries names.

The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Grethe Ingmann (b. ... Jørgen Ingmann (born April 26, 1925) is a musician from Copenhagen, Denmark. ... Nana Mouskouri at the Albert Hall (1975) Nana Mouskouri (born Ioanna Mouskouri on October 13, 1934 in Crete, Greece) is a Greek singer and politician. ... One of many compilations Françoise Hardy (born January 17, 1944 in Paris) is a French singer and actress. ... Monica Zetterlund (born Monica Nilsson on September 20, 1937 in Hagfors, Värmlands län, Sweden, died May 12, 2005 in Stockholm, Sweden) was a Swedish singer and actress. ... Esther Ofarim is an Israeli entertainer, formerly well-known for her partnership with her husband Abi Ofarim. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Ronnie Carroll (18 August 1934) (real name Ronald Cleghorn) is a British singer and entertainer, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. ... Yugoslavia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 27 times, debuting in 1961 (see ESC1961) and since competing in every year until 1992, with the exceptions of 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, and 1985. ... Vice Vukov is a Croatian singer and politician. ... BBC Television Centre (sometimes abbreviated TVC or TC) in London is home to the vast majority of BBC television output and, since 1998, almost all of the corporations national TV and radio news output by BBC News. ... Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the most populous city in the European Union, with an estimated population on 1 January 2005 of 7,421,328 and a metropolitan area population of between 12 and 14 million. ...

Voting structure

Each country had 20 jury members. Each jury member awarded their favourite song 5 points, their second favourite song 4 points and their third favourite song 3 points, their fourth favourite song 2 points and their fifth favourite song 1 point. All 20 jury members points would then be added up and the song with the most points would get 5 points, the song with the second most points would get 4 points, the song with the third most points would get 3 points, the song with the fourth most points would get 2 points and the song with the fifth most poinst would get 1 point.


Score sheet

  Juries
United Kingdom Netherlands
Netherlands
Germany
Germany
Austria
Austria
Norway Italy
Italy
Finland Denmark
Denmark
Yugoslavia Switzerland
Switzerland
France
France
Spain Sweden
Sweden
Belgium
Belgium
Monaco Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Contestants United Kingdom   3 0 0 5 0 3 3 3 0 3 5 2 0 1 0
Netherlands 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germany 0 0   0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Austria 4 0 0   0 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 0
Norway 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italy 2 1 0 0 3   2 5 4 5 0 3 0 3 5 4
Finland 0 0 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Denmark 3 5 2 3 4 2 5   0 3 0 0 5 5 0 5
Yugoslavia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0 1 2 0 0 0 0
Switzerland 5 0 4 5 1 5 0 4 0   0 4 1 4 4 3
France 0 4 1 2 0 4 0 0 5 4   1 0 1 2 1
Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0   0 0 0 0
Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0 0 0
Belgium 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0 0
Monaco 1 2 5 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 5 0 4 0   2
Luxembourg 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 4 0 0 0 0  
The table is ordered by appearance.


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Eurovision Song Contest: Information from Answers.com (6914 words)
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held between active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), in which participating countries each submit a song to be performed on live television; then proceed to cast votes for the other countries' songs, in order to find the most popular song in the competition.
Countries may select their songs by any means they wish: whether it be an internal decision made by the participating broadcaster, or a public contest which allows the country's public to televote between several songs.
The impact that the Contest has on the host city is inversely proportional to its size: in Riga 2003, the city centre was virtually taken over by Eurovision delegates as they spent their week in the Latvian capital.
Wikipedia search result (281 words)
The Eurovision Song Contest 1957 was the second Eurovision Song Contest.
Like the first contest, this one was still mainly a radio program, but there was a noticeable increase in the number of people with televisions.
It was because of songs like the former that a rule was eventually introduced restricting each song to a maximum of 3 minutes; this rule still applies today.
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