Eurovision Song Contest 1963

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Eurovision Song Contest 1963
Eurovision Song Contest 1963
Dates
Finaldate 23 March 1963
Host
Venue BBC Television Centre
London, United Kingdom
Presenter(s) Katie Boyle
Conductor Eric Robinson
Director Yvonne Littlewood
Hostbroadcaster British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Intervalact Ola & Barbro
Participants
Numberofentries 16
Debutingcountries None
Returningcountries None
Withdrawingcountries None
Vote
Votingsystem Each country had 20 jury members who awarded their five favourite songs 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 points in order. All those
points would then be added up and the five song with the most points got 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 votes in order.
Nulpoints Finland
Netherlands
Norway
Sweden
Winningsong
Denmark
"Dansevise"
Eurovision Song Contest
1962 1964
The Eurovision Song Contest 1963 was the eighth annual Eurovision Song Contest. The contest was held in
London, United Kingdom, after the British broadcaster BBC stepped in to organise the event. France had won the
1962 edition with the right to host this following one but were unable to, due to financial shortcomings.
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The contest was won by Denmark with the song "Dansevise", performed by Grethe & Jrgen Ingmann. Denmark's
win was their first. Four countries got nil points, with Finland, Norway and Sweden failing to score any points for
the first time and The Netherlands for the second time, becoming the first country to go two years in a row without
scoring a single point.
Location
For more details on the host city, see London.
BBC Television Centre, London. Host venue of the 1963 Eurovision
Song Contest.
Located on the River Thames, London is the capital
city of England and the United Kingdom, the largest
metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the
largest urban zone in the Europe by most measures.
London has been a major settlement for two millennia,
its history going back to its founding by the Romans,
who named it Londinium. The BBC was willing to host
the contest instead of the previous year's winner
France, as was the case in 1960, 1972 and 1974 with
previous winning broadcasters that could not afford to
organise a contest.
The host venue was the BBC Television Centre, White
City, London, which opened in 1960. It is one of the
most readily recognisable facilities of its type having
appeared as the backdrop for many BBC programmes. It remained to be one of the largest such facilities in the world
until it closed in March 2013.
Format
Two studios (TC3 and TC4) were used: one for the mistress of ceremonies Katie Boyle, the audience, and the
scoreboard; the other for the performers and the orchestra accompanying them. Unusually, a boom microphone
(normally used for drama and comedy shows) was employed - the viewer doesn't see this, so it appears as if the
artists were miming to their vocals. This was not the case, but this innovation was to create a new look for the
contest.
Voting controversy
One controversy this year was during the voting. When it was Norway's turn to announce their votes, the spokesman
in Oslo did not use the correct procedure in that the song number, followed by the name of the country, should have
been announced before awarding the points. Katie Boyle asked Norway to repeat their results, but the Norwegian
spokesman asked Katie to return to them after all the other results were in. When Katie went back to Norway again
the votes had mysteriously altered, thus changing the outcome of the contest and giving the victory to Norway's
neighbours Denmark at Switzerland's expense. In fact, there was some doubt as to whether the Norwegian
spokesman gave the correct votes on the first occasion.
It has also been speculated as to whether the juries were indeed on the end of a telephone line or in the actual studio
given how clearly their voices could be heard as opposed to sounding as though they were being redirected through a
telephone line. It is also been stated that Luxembourg came sixth in the Monaco voting as Monaco give one point to
both the United Kingdom and Luxembourg. However when Katie Boyle went back to Monaco to receive the votes
again Monaco's one vote to Luxembourg was efficiently discarded.
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Participating countries
Further information: List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest
All countries who participated in the 1961 and 1962 contests, returned for a third consecutive year, with no new
countries making a dbut, nor any returning or withdrawing nations this particular year.
Conductors
United Kingdom - Eric
Robinson
Netherlands - Eric
Robinson
Germany - Willy Berking
Austria - Erwin Halletz
Norway - ivind Bergh
Italy - Gigi Cicchellero
Finland - George de
Godzinsky
Denmark - Kai
Mortensen
Yugoslavia - Miljenko
Prohaska
Switzerland - Eric
Robinson
France - Franck Pourcel
Spain - Rafael de Ibarbia
Serra
Sweden - William Lind
Belgium - Francis Bay
Monaco - Raymond
Lefvre
Luxembourg - Eric
Robinson
Returning artists
This year saw the return of just one artist, with Ronnie Carroll representing the United Kingdom for the second
consecutive year.
Results
Draw Country Language Artist Song English translation Place Points
01 United
Kingdom
English Ronnie Carroll "Say Wonderful Things" 4 28
02
Netherlands
Dutch Annie Palmen "Een speeldoos" A musical box 13 0
03 Germany German Heidi Brhl "Marcel" 9 5
04
Austria
German,
English
Carmela Corren "Vielleicht geschieht ein
Wunder"
Maybe a miracle will
happen
7 16
05
Norway
Norwegian Anita Thallaug "Solhverv" Solstice 13 0
06
Italy
Italian Emilio Pericoli "Uno per tutte" One for all 3 37
07 Finland Finnish Laila Halme "Muistojeni laulu" The song of my
memories
13 0
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Denmark
Danish Grethe & Jrgen
Ingmann
"Dansevise" Dance ballad 1 42
09 Yugoslavia Croatian Vice Vukov "Brodovi" Ships 11 3
10
Switzerland
French Esther Ofarim "T'en va pas" Don't go away 2 40
11
France
French Alain Barrire "Elle tait si jolie" She was so pretty 5 25
12
Spain
Spanish Jos Guardiola "Algo prodigioso" Something marvellous 12 2
13
Sweden
Swedish Monica Zetterlund "En gng i Stockholm" Once in Stockholm 13 0
14
Belgium
Dutch Jacques Raymond "Waarom?" Why? 10 4
15
Monaco
French Franoise Hardy "L'amour s'en va" Love goes away 5 25
16 Luxembourg French Nana Mouskouri " force de prier" By the might of prayer 8 13
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Scoreboard
Each country had 20 jury members who awarded their five favourite songs 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 points in order. All those
points would then be added up and the five song with the most points got 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 votes in order.
Voting results
United Kingdom 28 3 5 3 3 3 3 5 2 1
Netherlands 0
Germany 5 2 3
Austria 16 4 4 1 2 3 2
Norway 0
Italy 37 2 1 3 2 5 4 5 3 3 5 4
Finland 0
Denmark 42 3 5 2 3 4 2 5 3 5 5 5
Yugoslavia 3 1 2
Switzerland 40 5 4 5 1 5 4 4 1 4 4 3
France 25 4 1 2 4 5 4 1 1 2 1
Spain 2 2
Sweden 0
Belgium 4 4
Monaco 25 1 2 5 1 3 1 1 5 4 2
Luxembourg 13 3 1 1 2 2 4
The table is ordered by appearance
5 points
Below is a summary of all 5 points in the final:
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N. Recipient nation Voting nation
5 Denmark Belgium, Finland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Sweden
3 Italy Denmark, Monaco, Switzerland
Switzerland Austria, Italy, United Kingdom
2 United Kingdom Norway, Spain
Monaco France, Germany
1 France Yugoslavia
International broadcasts and voting
The table below shows the order in which votes were cast during the 1963 contest along with the spokesperson who
was responsible for announcing the votes for their respective country. Each national broadcaster also sent a
commentator to the contest, in order to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language. Details of the
commentators and the broadcasting station for which they represented are also included in the table below.
Voting and spokesperson
1. United Kingdom - Nicholas Parsons
2. Netherlands - Pim Jacobs
3. Germany - TBC
4. Austria - TBC
5. Norway - Roald yen
[1]
6. Italy - Enzo Tortora
7. Finland - Poppe Berg
8. Denmark - TBC
9. Yugoslavia - Miloje Orlovi
10. Switzerland - Alexandre Burger
11. France - TBC
12. Spain - TBC
13. Sweden - Edvard Matz
14. Belgium - TBC
15. Monaco - TBC
16. Luxembourg - TBC
Commentators
1. Austria - Emil Kollpacher (ORF)
2. Belgium - Herman Verelst and Denise Maes(BRT); Pierre Delhasse (RTB)
3. Denmark - Ole Mortensen (DR TV)
4. Finland - Aarno Walli (Suomen Televisio)
5. France - Pierre Tchernia (RTF)
6. Germany - Hanns Joachim Friedrichs (ARD Deutsches Fernsehen)
[2]
7. Italy - Renato Tagliani (Programma Nazionale)
8. Luxembourg - Jacques Navadic (Tl-Luxembourg)
9. Monaco - Pierre Tchernia (Tl Monte Carlo)
10. Netherlands - Willem Duys (NTS)
11. Norway - ivind Johnsen (NRK and NRK P1)
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12. Spain - Federico Gallo (TVE)
13. Sweden - Jrgen Cederberg (Sveriges Radio-TV and SR P1)
[3]
14. Switzerland - Theodor Haller (TV DRS); Georges Hardy (TSR); Giovanni Bertini (TSI)
15. United Kingdom - David Jacobs (BBC TV); Michael Aspel (BBC Light Programme)
16. Yugoslavia - Ljubomir Vukadinovi (Televizija Beograd); Gordana Bonetti (Televizija Zagreb); Toma
Terek (Televizija Ljubljana)
References
[1] [1] Dyrseth, Seppo (OGAE Norway)
[2] [2] Rau, Oliver (OGAE Germany)
[3] Leif Thorsson. Melodifestivalen genom tiderna ["Melodifestivalen through time"] (2006), p.46. Stockholm: Premium Publishing AB. ISBN
91-89136-29-2
External links
Official website (http:/ / www. eurovision. tv/ )
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