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[[France]] had won the contest in [[1962]] but they handed the honour of hosting the event to the [[United Kingdom]] because they believed hosting the event twice in a short space of time was not a good idea. The same thing happened when the [[Netherlands]] won in [[1959]] and refused to host it in [[1960]]. |
[[France]] had won the contest in [[1962]] but they handed the honour of hosting the event to the [[United Kingdom]] because they believed hosting the event twice in a short space of time was not a good idea. The same thing happened when the [[Netherlands]] won in [[1959]] and refused to host it in [[1960]]. |
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One contraversial thing that happened was during the voting. After Norway annouced the votes, Katie Boyle said that she could not hear them and would go back to them later, However everyone else did here them. When Katie when back to Norway again the votes had been changed, thus changing the results. |
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Revision as of 22:10, 13 May 2004
The Eurovision Song Contest 1963 was the eighth Eurovision and was held on March 23, 1963 in the United Kingdom. With Katie Boyle as the presenter, the contest was won by Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann who represented Denmark, with their song "Dansevise".
France had won the contest in 1962 but they handed the honour of hosting the event to the United Kingdom because they believed hosting the event twice in a short space of time was not a good idea. The same thing happened when the Netherlands won in 1959 and refused to host it in 1960.
One contraversial thing that happened was during the voting. After Norway annouced the votes, Katie Boyle said that she could not hear them and would go back to them later, However everyone else did here them. When Katie when back to Norway again the votes had been changed, thus changing the results.
Interval Act
There was no interval act in 1963.
Results
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 forth 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 forth most points would get 2 points and the song with the fifth most poinst would get 1 point.
Score Sheet
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Austria Austria |
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Denmark![]() |
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Monaco | Luxembourg![]() |
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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. |