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Eurovision Song Contest 1963

{{Short description|International song competition}}

{{Infobox song contest

| name = Eurovision Song Contest

| year = 1963

| logo = ESC 1963 logo.png

| final = 23 March 1963

| presenters = Katie Boyle

| musdirector = Eric Robinson

| director = Yvonne Littlewood

| scrutineer = Miroslav Vilček

| exproducer = Harry Carlisle

| winner = {{Esc|Denmark|y=1963}}
"{{lang|da|Dansevise|i=unset}}"

| vote = Each country awarded 5-1 points to their five favourite songs

| host = British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

| venue = BBC Television Centre
London, United Kingdom

| entries = 16

| debut = None

| nonreturn = None

| Blue = Y

}}

The Eurovision Song Contest 1963 was the eighth edition of the Eurovision Song Contest and took place in London, United Kingdom. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), which agreed to stage the event after {{Esccnty|France}}'s {{lang|fr|Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française|i=no}} (RTF), which had won the {{escyr|1962||1962 edition}}, declined to host it due to financial shortcomings, also having hosted the competition in {{escyr|1959}} and {{escyr|1961}}. The contest was held at the BBC Television Centre on Saturday 23 March 1963 and was hosted by Katie Boyle for a second time.

Sixteen countries participated in the contest, the same countries that had also participated the previous two years.

The contest this year was won by {{Esccnty|Denmark|y=1963}} with the song "{{lang|da|Dansevise|i=unset}}", performed by Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann. This was the first victory for any of the Nordic countries. Four countries got nul points, with {{Esccnty|Finland|y=1963}}, {{Esccnty|Norway|y=1963}} and {{Esccnty|Sweden|y=1963}} failing to score any points for the first time and the {{Esccnty|Netherlands|y=1963}} for the second time, becoming the first country to go two years in a row without scoring a single point.{{cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/event/london-1963|title=Eurovision Song Contest 1963|publisher=EBU|access-date=7 August 2021}}

Location

File:BBC TV Centre.jpg

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was willing to host the contest instead of the previous year's winner {{Esccnty|France}}'s {{lang|fr|Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française|i=no}} (RTF), as was the case in {{escyr|1960}}. They would do so again in {{escyr|1972}}, {{escyr|1974}}, and {{escyr|2023}} because the winning broadcasters of the previous year declined to produce the 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 one of the largest broadcasting facilities in the world until the property was redeveloped in March 2013.{{Cite news |title=Dyke accused of conflict of interest over £6m holding in rival TV firm |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/dyke-accused-of-conflict-of-interest-over-pound6m-holding-in-rival-tv-firm-728639.html |newspaper=The Independent |date=17 January 2000 |location=London}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

Participants

{{further|List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest}}

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{{ESC 1963 participants}}

All countries which participated in the {{escyr|1962}} edition also participated in the 1963 edition.

Only one of the performing artists had previously competed representing the same country in past editions: Ronnie Carroll had represented the {{esccnty|United Kingdom|y=1962|t=United Kingdom in 1962}}.

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+ Eurovision Song Contest 1963 participants{{cite web |title=London 1963 – Participants |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/london-1963/participants |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205034358/https://eurovision.tv/event/london-1963/participants |archive-date=5 February 2023 |access-date=15 June 2023 |publisher=European Broadcasting Union}}
scope="col" | Country

! scope="col" | Broadcaster

! scope="col" | Artist

! scope="col" | Song

! scope="col" | Language

! scope="col" | Songwriter(s)

! scope="col" | Conductor

scope="row" | {{Esc|Austria}}

| ORF

| Carmela Corren

| "{{lang|de|Vielleicht geschieht ein Wunder|i=unset}}"

| German, English

| {{hlist|Erwin Halletz|Norman Newell|Peter Wehle}}

| Erwin Halletz

scope="row" | {{Esc|Belgium}}

| BRT

| Jacques Raymond

| "{{lang|nl|Waarom?|i=unset}}"

| Dutch

| {{hlist|Wim Brabants|{{ill|Hans Flower|nl}}}}

| Francis Bay

scope="row" | {{Esc|Denmark}}

| DR

| Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann

| "{{lang|da|Dansevise|i=unset}}"

| Danish

| {{hlist|{{ill|Otto Francker|da}}|Sejr Volmer-Sørensen}}

| Kai Mortensen

scope="row" | {{Esc|Finland}}

| YLE

| Laila Halme

| "{{lang|fi|Muistojeni laulu|i=unset}}"

| Finnish

| Börje Sundgren

| George de Godzinsky

scope="row" | {{Esc|France}}

| RTF

| Alain Barrière

| "{{lang|fr|Elle était si jolie|i=unset}}"

| French

| Alain Barrière

| Franck Pourcel

scope="row" | {{Esc|Germany}}

| HR{{efn|On behalf of the German public broadcasting consortium ARD{{cite web |title=Alle deutschen ESC-Acts und ihre Titel |url=https://www.eurovision.de/teilnehmer/vorentscheid386_glossaryPage-25.html |website=www.eurovision.de |publisher=ARD |access-date=12 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612084259/https://www.eurovision.de/teilnehmer/vorentscheid386_glossaryPage-25.html |archive-date=12 June 2023 |language=de |url-status=live}}}}

| Heidi Brühl

| "Marcel"

| German

| {{ill|Charly Niessen|de}}

| Willy Berking

scope="row" | {{Esc|Italy}}

| RAI

| Emilio Pericoli

| "{{lang|it|Uno per tutte|i=unset}}"

| Italian

| {{hlist|Giulio Rapetti|Tony Renis|Alberto Testa}}

| {{ill|Gigi Cichellero|it}}

scope="row" | {{Esc|Luxembourg}}

| CLT

| Nana Mouskouri

| "{{lang|fr|À force de prier|i=unset}}"

| French

| {{hlist|{{ill|Raymond Bernard (musician)|de|Raymond Bernard (Orchesterleiter)|lt=Raymond Bernard}}|Pierre Delanoë}}

| Eric Robinson

scope="row" | {{Esc|Monaco}}

| TMC

| Françoise Hardy

| "{{lang|fr|L'amour s'en va|i=unset}}"

| French

| Françoise Hardy

| Raymond Lefèvre

scope="row" | {{Esc|Netherlands}}

| NTS

| Annie Palmen

| "{{lang|nl|Een speeldoos|i=unset}}"

| Dutch

| Pieter Goemans

| Eric Robinson

scope="row" | {{Esc|Norway}}

| NRK

| Anita Thallaug

| "{{lang|no|Solhverv|i=unset}}"

| Norwegian

| {{ill|Dag Kristoffersen|no}}

| Øivind Bergh

scope="row" | {{Esc|Spain|1945}}

| TVE

| José Guardiola

| "{{lang|es|Algo prodigioso|i=unset}}"

| Spanish

| {{hlist|{{ill|Fernando García Morcillo|es}}|Camillo Murillo Janero}}

| Rafael Ibarbia

scope="row" | {{Esc|Sweden}}

| SR

| Monica Zetterlund

| "{{lang|sv|En gång i Stockholm|i=unset}}"

| Swedish

| {{hlist|{{ill|Bobbie Ericson|sv}}|Beppe Wolgers}}

| {{ill|William Lind (composer)|sv|William Lind|lt=William Lind}}

scope="row" | {{Esc|Switzerland}}

| SRG SSR

| Esther Ofarim

| "{{lang|fr|T'en va pas|i=unset}}"

| French

| {{hlist|Émile Gardaz|Géo Voumard}}

| Eric Robinson

scope="row" | {{Esc|United Kingdom}}

| BBC

| Ronnie Carroll

| "Say Wonderful Things"

| English

| {{hlist|Philip Green|Norman Newell}}

| Eric Robinson

scope="row" | {{Esc|Yugoslavia}}

| JRT

| Vice Vukov

| "{{lang|sh-latn|Brodovi|i=unset}}" ({{lang|sh|Бродови}})

| Serbo-Croatian

| Mario Nardelli

| Miljenko Prohaska

Production and format

The production mode was unusual in comparison with other Eurovision Song Contests: In contrast to most previous and following editions which were filmed in concert halls or theatres, the staging of 1963 was done in television studios.{{Cite book |last=Pajala |first=Mari |title=The Eurovision Song Contest as a cultural phenomenon : from concert halls to the halls of academia |publisher=Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group |year=2023 |isbn=978-1-03-203774-5 |editor-last=Dubin |editor-first=Adam |location=London |page=192 |chapter=The Eurovision Song Contest and European television history: continuity, adaption, experimentation |doi=10.4324/9781003188933-16 |oclc=1296690839 |editor-last2=Vuletic |editor-first2=Dean |editor-last3=Obregón |editor-first3=Antonio}} Two studios (TC3 and TC4) were used: one for the mistress of ceremonies Katie Boyle, the audience, and the scoreboard (TC3); the other for the performers and the orchestra accompanying them (TC4). Unusually, a boom microphone (normally used for drama and comedy shows) was employed{{snd}}the viewer could not see this, so it appeared 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.{{cite news |title=Françoise Hardy au Grand Prix Eurovision de la Chanson |trans-title=Françoise Hardy at the Eurovision Song Contest |url=https://www.scriptorium.ch/zoom/48965/view?page=49&p=separate&tool=info |access-date=6 January 2025 |work=Feuille d'avis de Lausanne |date=13 March 1963 |location=Lausanne, Switzerland |page=43 |language=fr |via=Scriptorium}} The use of television studios allowed a broader variety of staging elements not seen before in the contest, and the use of close-ups so to create an atmosphere of intimacy for television viewers.

After the {{escyr|1962||1962 edition}} was the only one to be held on a Sunday, the contest was held on a Saturday again in 1963.

Contest overview<span class="anchor" id="Results"></span><span class="anchor" id="Participants and results"></span>

class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders"
+ Results of the Eurovision Song Contest 1963{{cite web |title=London 1963 – Scoreboard |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/london-1963/final |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=30 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210330122650/https://eurovision.tv/event/london-1963/final |archive-date=30 March 2021 |url-status=live}}
scope="col" | {{abbr|R/O|Running order}}

! scope="col" | Country

! scope="col" | Artist

! scope="col" | Song

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Points

! scope="col" | Place

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 1

| {{Esc|United Kingdom|y=1963}}

| {{sortname|Ronnie|Carroll}}

| "Say Wonderful Things"

| 28

| 4

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2

| {{Esc|Netherlands|y=1963}}

| {{sortname|Annie|Palmen}}

| "{{lang|nl|Een speeldoos|i=unset}}"

| 0

| 13

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 3

| {{Esc|Germany|y=1963}}

| {{sortname|Heidi|Brühl}}

| "Marcel"

| 5

| 9

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 4

| {{Esc|Austria|y=1963}}

| {{sortname|Carmela|Corren}}

| "{{lang|de|Vielleicht geschieht ein Wunder|i=unset}}"

| 16

| 7

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 5

| {{Esc|Norway|y=1963}}

| {{sortname|Anita|Thallaug}}

| "{{lang|no|Solhverv|i=unset}}"

| 0

| 13

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 6

| {{Esc|Italy|y=1963}}

| {{sortname|Emilio|Pericoli}}

| "{{lang|it|Uno per tutte|i=unset}}"

| 37

| 3

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 7

| {{Esc|Finland|y=1963}}

| {{sortname|Laila|Halme|nolink=1}}

| "{{lang|fi|Muistojeni laulu|i=unset}}"

| 0

| 13

style="font-weight:bold; background:gold;"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:gold;" | 8

| {{Esc|Denmark|y=1963}}

| {{sortname|Grethe and Jørgen|Ingmann}}

| "{{lang|da|Dansevise|i=unset}}"

| 42

| 1

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 9

| {{Esc|Yugoslavia|y=1963}}

| {{sortname|Vice|Vukov}}

| "{{lang|sh-latn|Brodovi|i=unset}}"

| 3

| 11

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 10

| {{Esc|Switzerland|y=1963}}

| {{sortname|Esther|Ofarim}}

| "{{lang|fr|T'en va pas|i=unset}}"

| 40

| 2

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 11

| {{Esc|France|y=1963}}

| {{sortname|Alain|Barrière}}

| "{{lang|fr|Elle était si jolie|i=unset}}"

| 25

| 5

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 12

| {{Esc|Spain|1945|y=1963}}

| {{sortname|José|Guardiola}}

| "{{lang|es|Algo prodigioso|i=unset}}"

| 2

| 12

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 13

| {{Esc|Sweden|y=1963}}

| {{sortname|Monica|Zetterlund}}

| "{{lang|sv|En gång i Stockholm|i=unset}}"

| 0

| 13

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 14

| {{Esc|Belgium|y=1963}}

| {{sortname|Jacques|Raymond}}

| "{{lang|nl|Waarom?|i=unset}}"

| 4

| 10

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 15

| {{Esc|Monaco|y=1963}}

| {{sortname|Françoise|Hardy}}

| "{{lang|fr|L'amour s'en va|i=unset}}"

| 25

| 5

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 16

| {{Esc|Luxembourg|y=1963}}

| {{sortname|Nana|Mouskouri}}

| "{{lang|fr|À force de prier|i=unset}}"

| 13

| 8

= Spokespersons =

File:ESC 1963 Poppe Berg Tuula Ignatius.jpg

Each participating broadcaster appointed a spokesperson who was responsible for announcing the votes for their respective country via telephone. Known spokespersons at the 1963 contest are listed below.

  • {{flagu|Finland}}{{snd}}{{ill|Poppe Berg|fi}}{{cite book |last=Murtomäki |first=Asko |title=Finland 12 points! Suomen Euroviisut |date=2007 |publisher=Teos |location=Helsinki, Finland |isbn=951-851-106-3 |language=fi |pages=30–33}}
  • {{flagu|Sweden}}{{snd}}{{ill|Edvard Matz|sv}}{{cite book |last1=Thorsson |first1=Leif |last2=Verhage |first2=Martin |title=Melodifestivalen genom tiderna : de svenska uttagningarna och internationella finalerna |date=2006 |publisher=Premium Publishing |location=Stockholm |isbn=91-89136-29-2 |language=sv |pages=46–47}}

Detailed voting results<span class="anchor" id="Scoreboard"></span>

Each participating broadcaster assembled a 20-member jury panel 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 songs with the most points got 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 votes in order. Errors in the Norwegian (see below) and the Monegasque votes meant their scores had to be announced twice, with an adjustment to the scores being made in each case before the final score was verified.

One controversy this year was during the voting. When it was {{Esccnty|Norway|y=1963}}'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. Boyle asked Norway to repeat their results, but the Norwegian spokesman asked Boyle to return to them after all the other results were in. When Boyle went back to Norway again the votes had been altered, thus changing the outcome of the contest and giving the victory to {{Esccnty|Denmark|y=1963}} at {{Esccnty|Switzerland|y=1963}}'s expense. In fact, the Norwegian spokesman had not given the correct votes on the first occasion, because votes from the 20 jury members were still being tallied. The Swiss participating broadcaster, SRG SSR, reportedly intended to appeal and following numerous complaints, checked the transmissions of the votes made.{{cite news |title=La Suisse remporte la deuxième place et... aurait l'intention de présenter un recours |trans-title=Switzerland wins second place and... reportedly intends to appeal |url=https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=EXR19630325-01.1.15 |access-date=30 December 2024 |work=Feuille d'Avis de Neuchatel |page=15 |date=25 March 1963 |location=Neuchâtel, Switzerland |language=fr |via=E-newspaperarchives.ch}}{{cite news |title=Le grand prix Eurovision de la chanson: fâcheux malentendu! |trans-title=The Eurovision Song Contest: a nasty misunderstanding! |url=https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=JDJ19630326-01.1.14 |access-date=30 December 2024 |work=Journal du Jura |page=14 |date=26 March 1963 |location=Bienne, Switzerland |language=fr |via=E-newspaperarchives.ch}} It was confirmed a month after the contest that the Norwegian jury didn't change their votes.{{cite news |title=Le jury norvégien n'avait pas modifié son vote |trans-title=The Norwegian jury did not change its vote |url=https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=EXR19630422-01.1.19 |access-date=30 December 2024 |work=Feuille d'Avis de Neuchatel |agency=Swiss Telegraphic Agency (SDA-ATS) |page=19 |date=26 March 1963 |location=Neuchâtel, Switzerland |language=fr |via=E-newspaperarchives.ch}}

Monaco was also asked to repeat their voting a second time as initially Monaco gave one point to both the United Kingdom and Luxembourg. However, when Boyle went back to Monaco to receive the votes again Monaco's one vote to Luxembourg was efficiently discarded (although this did not have any effect on the positions of the countries).

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
+ Detailed voting results{{cite web |title=London 1963 – Detailed voting results |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/london-1963/final/results |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=30 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210330122713/https://eurovision.tv/event/london-1963/final/results |archive-date=30 March 2021 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Eurovision Song Contest 1963 – Scoreboard |url=https://eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=280#Scoreboard |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=14 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709045744/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=280#Scoreboard |archive-date=9 July 2015 |url-status=dead}}
colspan="2" |

! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Total score}}

! scope="col" {{Vertical header|nb=1|United Kingdom}}

! scope="col" {{Vertical header|nb=1|Netherlands}}

! scope="col" {{Vertical header|nb=1|Germany}}

! scope="col" {{Vertical header|nb=1|Austria}}

! scope="col" {{Vertical header|nb=1|Norway}}

! scope="col" {{Vertical header|nb=1|Italy}}

! scope="col" {{Vertical header|nb=1|Finland}}

! scope="col" {{Vertical header|nb=1|Denmark}}

! scope="col" {{Vertical header|nb=1|Yugoslavia}}

! scope="col" {{Vertical header|nb=1|Switzerland}}

! scope="col" {{Vertical header|nb=1|France}}

! scope="col" {{Vertical header|nb=1|Spain}}

! scope="col" {{Vertical header|nb=1|Sweden}}

! scope="col" {{Vertical header|nb=1|Belgium}}

! scope="col" {{Vertical header|nb=1|Monaco}}

! scope="col" {{Vertical header|nb=1|Luxembourg}}

rowspan="16" {{vert header|va=middle|Contestants}}

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | United Kingdom

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 28 || style="text-align:left; background-color:#aaa"| || 3 || || || 5 || || 3 || 3 || 3 || || 3 || 5 || 2 || || 1 ||

scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Netherlands

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 0 || || style="text-align:left; background-color:#aaa"| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||

scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Germany

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 5 || || || style="text-align:left; background-color:#aaa"| || || 2 || || || || || || || || || || 3 ||

scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Austria

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 16 || 4 || || || style="text-align:left; background-color:#aaa"| || || || 4 || 1 || || || 2 || || 3 || 2 || ||

scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Norway

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 0 || || || || || style="text-align:left; background-color:#aaa"| || || || || || || || || || || ||

scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Italy

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 37 || 2 || 1 || || || 3 || style="text-align:left; background-color:#aaa"| || 2 || 5 || 4 || 5 || || 3 || || 3 || 5 || 4

scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Finland

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 0 || || || || || || || style="text-align:left; background-color:#aaa"| || || || || || || || || ||

style="background:gold;"

! scope="row" style="text-align:left; font-weight:bold; background:gold;" | Denmark

| style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold;" | 42

3523425style="text-align:left; background-color:#aaa"|3555
scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Yugoslavia

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 3 || || || || || || || || || style="text-align:left; background-color:#aaa"| || || 1 || 2 || || || ||

scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Switzerland

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 40 || 5 || || 4 || 5 || 1 || 5 || || 4 || || style="text-align:left; background-color:#aaa"| || || 4 || 1 || 4 || 4 ||3

scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | France

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 25 || || 4 || 1 || 2 || || 4 || || || 5 || 4 || style="text-align:left; background-color:#aaa"| || 1 || || 1 || 2 ||1

scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Spain

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 2 || || || || || || || || || 2 || || || style="text-align:left; background-color:#aaa"| || || || ||

scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Sweden

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 0 || || || || || || || || || || || || || style="text-align:left; background-color:#aaa"| || || ||

scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Belgium

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 4 || || || || 4 || || || || || || || || || || style="text-align:left; background-color:#aaa"| || ||

scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Monaco

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 25 || 1 || 2 || 5 || 1 || || 3 || || || 1 || 1 || 5 || || 4 || || style="text-align:left; background-color:#aaa"| ||2

scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Luxembourg

| style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 13 || || || 3 || || || 1 || 1 || 2 || || 2 || 4 || || || || || style="text-align:left; background-color:#aaa"|

= 5 points =

Below is a summary of all 5 points received:

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
scope="col" | N.

! scope="col" | Contestant

! scope="col" | Nation(s) giving 5 points

scope="row" | 5

| {{Esc|Denmark|y=1962}}

| {{Esc|Belgium|y=1962}}, {{Esc|Finland|y=1962}}, {{Esc|Luxembourg|y=1962}}, {{Esc|Netherlands|y=1962}}, {{Esc|Sweden|y=1962}}

scope="row" rowspan="2" | 3

| {{Esc|Italy|y=1962}}

| {{Esc|Denmark|y=1962}}, {{Esc|Monaco|y=1962}}, {{Esc|Switzerland|y=1962}}

{{Esc|Switzerland|y=1962}}

| {{Esc|Austria|y=1962}}, {{Esc|Italy|y=1962}}, {{Esc|United Kingdom|y=1962}}

scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2

| {{Esc|United Kingdom|y=1962}}

| {{Esc|Norway|y=1962}}, {{Esc|Spain|1945|y=1962}}

{{Esc|Monaco|y=1962}}

| {{Esc|France|y=1962}}, {{Esc|Germany|y=1962}}

scope="row" | 1

| {{Esc|France|y=1962}}

| {{Esc|Yugoslavia|y=1962}}

Broadcasts<span class="anchor" id="Broadcasters and commentators"></span>

Each participating broadcaster was required to relay the contest via its networks. Non-participating EBU member broadcasters were also able to relay the contest as "passive participants". Broadcasters were able to send commentators to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language and to relay information about the artists and songs to their television viewers.{{cite web |title=The Rules of the Contest |date=31 October 2018 |url=https://eurovision.tv/about/rules |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=19 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004011300/https://eurovision.tv/about/rules |archive-date=4 October 2022 |url-status=live}} Reports estimate that 50 million people would see the contest.{{cite news |title=BBC ziet Songfestival vooral als...televisie |trans-title=BBC sees the song festival mainly as...television |url=https://leiden.courant.nu/issue/LD/1963-03-23/edition/0/page/17 |access-date=14 December 2024 |work=Leidsch Dagblad |location=Leiden, Netherlands |language=nl |page=17 |date=23 March 1963 |via=Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken}}

Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.

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+ Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
scope="col" | Country

! scope="col" | Broadcaster

! scope="col" | Channel(s)

! scope="col" | Commentator(s)

! scope="col" | {{abbr|Ref(s)|References}}

scope="row" | {{Flagu|Austria}}

| ORF

| ORF

| Hanns Joachim Friedrichs

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite book |last1=Roxburgh |first1=Gordon |title=Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest |date=2012 |publisher=Telos Publishing |location=Prestatyn |isbn=978-1-84583-065-6 |pages=291–299 |series=Volume One: The 1950s and 1960s}}{{cite news |title=Fernsehprogramm |trans-title=Television schedule |url=https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=blf&datum=19630316&seite=10 |access-date=23 June 2024 |work={{ill|Burgenland Freizeit|lt=Burgenländische Freiheit|de}} |date=16 March 1963 |location=Wiener Neustadt, Austria |page=10 |language=de |via=Austrian National Library}}

scope="rowgroup" rowspan=2 | {{Flagu|Belgium}}

| BRT

| BRT

| {{ill|Bob Boon|nl}} and Denise Maes

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Radio en TV |trans-title=Radio and TV |url=https://uurl.kbr.be/2201199 |url-access=registration |date=23 March 1963 |work=De Standaard |location=Brussels, Belgium |access-date=28 November 2024 |page=19 |language=nl |via={{ill|BelgicaPress|nl}}}}

RTB

| RTB

| Pierre Delhasse

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |author=H. L. |title=Sympathique victoire du Danemark à l{{' '}}Eurovision de la Chanson!' |trans-title=Nice victory for Denmark at the 'Eurovision Song Contest!' |url=https://uurl.kbr.be/1610292 |url-access=registration |date=24–25 March 1963 |work=Le Soir |location=Brussels, Belgium |access-date=1 December 2024 |page=5 |language=fr |via={{ill|BelgicaPress|nl}}}}

scope="row" | {{Flagu|Denmark}}

| DR

| {{lang|da|Danmarks Radio TV|i=unset}}, Program 1

| {{ill|Ole Mortensen (singer)|da|Ole Mortensen|lt=Ole Mortensen}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite web |title=Alle tiders programoversigter – Lørdag den 23. marts 1963 |trans-title=All-time programme overviews – Saturday 23 March 1963 |url=https://www.dr.dk/alletidersprogramoversigter/?date=1963-03-23&fileIndex=0 |publisher=DR |language=da |access-date=22 March 2024}}

scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" | {{Flagu|Finland}}

| rowspan="3" | YLE

| {{lang|fi|Suomen Televisio|i=unset}}

| {{ill|Aarno Walli|fi}}

| style="text-align:center" rowspan="3" | {{cite news |title=Radio ja televisio |trans-title=Radio and television|url=https://nakoislehti.hs.fi/7e1c6196-e5a7-4beb-8a0b-d82e2d9031d3 |access-date=7 November 2022 |work=Helsingin Sanomat |location=Helsinki, Finland |date=23 March 1963 |pages=23 |language=fi |url-access=subscription}}

{{lang|fi|{{ill|Yleisohjelma|fi|Yleisohjelma (Suomen Yleisradio)}}|i=unset}}

| {{ill|Erkki Melakoski|fi}}

{{lang|fi|Ruotsinkielinen yleisohjelma|i=unset}}

| Jan Sederholm

scope="row" | {{Flagu|France}}

| RTF

| RTF

| Pierre Tchernia

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Aujourd'hui a la tele |trans-title=Today on TV |url=https://www.archives-aube.fr/ark:42751/1eddddf2c921608495e50050568bc001.fiche=arko_fiche_61d6ad5b82a28.moteur=arko_default_63d288b4cdd38 |access-date=16 September 2024 |work={{ill|L'Est éclair|fr}} |date=23-24 March 1963 |location=Saint-André-les-Vergers, France |page=4 |language=fr |via=Aube en Champagne}}

scope="row" | {{Flagu|Germany}}

| ARD

| {{lang|de|Deutsches Fernsehen|i=unset}}

| Hanns Joachim Friedrichs

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Fernseh-Programm |trans-title=Television programmes |work=Weser Kurier |date=23 March 1963 |location=Bremen, West Germany |language=de}}

scope="row" | {{Flagu|Italy}}

| RAI

| {{lang|it|Programma Nazionale TV|i=unset}}

| {{ill|Renato Tagliani|it}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite magazine |title=TV {{!}} sabato 18 marzo |trans-title=TV {{!}} Saturday 23 March |url=http://www.radiocorriere.teche.rai.it/Download.aspx?data=1963{{!}}12{{!}}000{{!}}P |magazine=Radiocorriere TV |location=Turin, Italy |date=17–23 March 1963 |volume=40 |issue=12 |pages=44–45 |access-date=5 June 2024 |language=it |via=Rai Teche}}

scope="row" | {{Flagu|Luxembourg}}

| CLT

| {{lang|fr|Télé-Luxembourg|i=unset}}

| Pierre Tchernia

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Radio-Télévision |url=https://viewer.eluxemburgensia.lu/ark:70795/1tz6fpmvc/pages/5 |access-date=19 December 2022 |work=Luxemburger Wort |location=Luxembourg City, Luxembourg |date=22 March 1963 |language=de, fr |page=5 |via=National Library of Luxembourg}}

scope="row" | {{Flagu|Monaco}}

| colspan="2" | {{lang|fr|Télé Monte-Carlo|i=unset}}

| Pierre Tchernia

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Netherlands}}

| NTS

| NTS

| Willem Duys

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Programma voor morgen |trans-title=Programs for tomorrow |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010525763:mpeg21:p011 |access-date=19 December 2022 |work=Limburgs Dagblad |location=Heerlen, Netherlands |date=22 March 1963 |language=nl |page=9 |via=Delpher}}{{cite news |title=Annie heeft een 'hele mooie jurk' |trans-title=Annie has a 'very beautiful dress' |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMRHCE02:163647020:mpeg21:p00007 |access-date=19 December 2022 |work=Limburgs Dagblad |location=Heerlen, Netherlands |date=23 March 1963 |language=nl |page=7 |via=Delpher}}

NRU

| Hilversum 1

| Coen Serré

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Radioreportage van het Songfestival |trans-title=Radio report of the Eurovision Song Contest |url=https://leiden.courant.nu/issue/NLC/1963-03-23/edition/0/page/7 |access-date=16 February 2023 |work=Nieuwe Leidsche Courant |location=Amsterdam, Netherlands |date=23 March 1963 |language=nl |page=7 |via=Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken}}

scope="row" | {{Flagu|Norway}}

| NRK

| {{lang|no|NRK Fjernsynet|i=unset}}, NRK

| Øivind Johnssen

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |date=23 March 1963 |title=Klart for Melodie Grand Prix 1963 |trans-title=Ready for Melodie Grand Prix 1963 |language=no |page=12 |work=Oppland Arbeiderblad |location=Oppland, Norway |url=https://www.nb.no/items/a8e1afa939fda64595e56f7b43e8368f?page=9 |access-date=19 December 2022 |via=National Library of Norway}}{{cite news |date=18 March 1963 |title=Grand Prix |language=no |pages=14 |work=Morgenposten |location=Oslo, Norway |url=https://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_morgenposten_null_null_19630318_103_65_1 |url-access=limited |access-date=21 July 2023 |quote=Grythe was supposed to refer from this year's 'sound Olympiad', but now he has withdrawn in favour of Øyvind Johnssen from the steam radio's entertainment department. Grythe has so many irons in the fire that he simply does not have time to travel to London. [original: Grythe skulle refere årets «lyd-olympiade», men nå har han trakket seg til fordel for Øyvind Johnssen i dampradioens underholdningsavdeling. Grythe har så mange jern i ilden at han simpelthen ikke rekker å reise til London.] |via=National Library of Norway}}

scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Spain|1945}}

| TVE

| TVE

| {{ill|Federico Gallo|es}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Radio y TV |trans-title=Radio and TV |url=https://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1963/03/23/pagina-44/33540493/pdf.html |access-date=19 December 2022 |work=La Vanguardia |location=Barcelona, Spain |date=23 March 1963 |page=42 |language=es |url-access=subscription}}{{cite web |last1=HerGar |first1=Paula |title=Todos los comentaristas de la historia de España en Eurovisión (y una única mujer en solitario) |trans-title=All the commentators in the history of Spain in Eurovision (and only a single woman) |url=https://los40.com/los40/2018/03/27/album/1522166894_094380.html |publisher=Los 40 |access-date=14 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926203750/https://los40.com/los40/2018/03/27/album/1522166894_094380.html |archive-date=26 September 2021 |language=es |date=28 March 2018 |url-status=live}}

RNE

| RNE{{efn|Deferred broadcast at 23:00 (CET)}}

| {{N/A

}

| style="text-align:center" |

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Sweden}}

| SR

| {{lang|sv|Sveriges TV|i=unset}}, SR P1

| {{ill|Jörgen Cederberg|sv}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Radio-TV |work=Dagens Nyheter |date=23 March 1963 |location=Stockholm, Sweden |page=11 |language=sv}}

|-

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="6" | {{Flagu|Switzerland}}

| rowspan="6"| SRG SSR

| TV DRS

| {{ill|Theodor Haller|de|Theodor Haller (Journalist)|fr|Theodor Haller}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Fernsehen+Radio |trans-title=Television+Radio |url=https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=DBB19630317-01.1.30 |access-date=2 January 2025 |work=Der Bund |page=15 |date=17 March 1963 |location=Bern, Switzerland |language=de |via=E-newspaperarchives.ch}}

|-

| TSR

| {{ill|Georges Hardy|fr}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite magazine |title=Programme TV |trans-title=TV programmes |url=https://www.scriptorium.ch/zoom/327616/view?page=15&p=verso&tool=info |access-date=19 December 2022 |work=Radio TV – Je vois tout |date=14 March 1963 |volume=41 |issue=11 |location=Lausanne, Switzerland |pages=28–30 |language=fr |via=Scriptorium}}

|-

| TSI

| Renato Tagliani

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=radiotivù |trans-title=radio TV |url=https://www2.sbt.ti.ch/quotidiani-public-pdf/main_part.php?fullscreen=true&paper=gt&day=23&month=3&year=1963&page=2&papername=Gazzetta%20Ticinese&allpages=1,2,3,4,5,6 |access-date=3 July 2024 |work={{ill|Gazzetta Ticinese|it}} |date=23 March 1963 |location=Lugano, Switzerland |page=2 |language=it |via={{ill|Sistema bibliotecario ticinese|it}}}}

|-

| Radio Beromünster{{efn|Delayed broadcast on 25 March at 20:00 (CET)}}

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Wochenprogram für Radio und Fernsehen |trans-title=Weekly program for radio and television |url=https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=FZG19630323-01.1.8 |access-date=19 December 2022 |work={{ill|Freiburger Nachrichten|de}} |page=8 |date=23 March 1963 |location=Fribourg, Switzerland |language=de |via=E-newspaperarchives.ch}}

|-

| Radio Sottens

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite magazine |title=Programmes radiophoniques |trans-title=Radio programmes |url=https://www.scriptorium.ch/zoom/327616/view?page=32&p=verso&tool=info |access-date=19 December 2022 |work=Radio TV – Je vois tout |date=14 March 1963 |volume=41 |issue=11 |location=Lausanne, Switzerland |pages=62–64 |language=fr |via=Scriptorium}}

|-

| Radio Monte Ceneri

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" |

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|United Kingdom}}

| BBC

| BBC TV

| David Jacobs

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite magazine |title=Eurovision Song Contest Grand Prix 1963 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/2dd6795893d24d76a5032995d4ab79b6 |access-date=23 December 2022 |magazine=Radio Times |date=23 March 1963 |via=BBC Genome Project}}

|-

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" | {{Flagu|Yugoslavia}}

| rowspan="3" | JRT

| {{lang|sh|Televizija Beograd|i=unset}}, {{lang|sl|Televizija Ljubljana|i=unset}}, {{lang|sh|Televizija Zagreb|i=unset}}

| Saša Novak

| style="text-align:center" | {{unbulleted list citebundle

| {{cite news |title=Радио Телевизија Београд |trans-title=Radio Television Belgrade |url=https://istorijskenovine.unilib.rs/view/index.html#panel:pp{{!}}issue:UB_00064_19630323{{!}}page:12 |access-date=25 May 2024 |work=Borba |date=21 March 1964 |location=Belgrade, Yugoslavia |page=12 |language=sh-cyrl |via=Belgrade University Library}}

| {{cite news |title=RTV Ljubljana |url=http://www.dlib.si/listalnik/URN_NBN_SI_DOC-2OE576U0/8/index.html |access-date=28 October 2024 |work=Delo |date=23 March 1963 |page=8 |language=sl |location=Ljubljana, Yugoslavia |via=Digital Library of Slovenia}}

| {{cite news |title=Televizija |trans-title=Television |url=https://arhiv.slobodnadalmacija.hr/pvpages/pvpages/viewPage/?displaySizeSelect=1&pv_page_id=30968&autocomplete_text=&page=7&pv_issue_no=630323_A |access-date=22 July 2022 |work=Slobodna Dalmacija |date=23 March 1963 |page=8 |language=hr |location=Split, Yugoslavia |url-access=subscription}}}}

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+ Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
scope="col" | Country

! scope="col" | Broadcaster

! scope="col" | Channel(s)

! scope="col" | Commentator(s)

! scope="col" | {{abbr|Ref(s)|References}}

scope="row" | {{Flagu|Ireland}}

| RÉ

| {{lang|ga|Telefís Éireann|i=unset}}

| {{N/A

}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=To-Day's TV Programmes |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1963/0323/Pg006.html |access-date=19 December 2022 |work=The Irish Times |location=Dublin, Ireland |date=23 March 1963 |page=6 |url-access=subscription}}

|-

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Portugal}}

| RTP

| RTP

| Federico Gallo

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Televisão – Hoje |trans-title=Television – Today |url=http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06548.086.18234#!15 |access-date=19 December 2022 |work=Diário de Lisboa |location=Lisbon, Portugal |date=23 March 1963 |page=15 |language=pt |via=Casa Comum}}

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