Eurovision Song Contest 1963 [English commentary]

Eurovision Song Contest: London 1963
English commentator: David Jacobs
Very excellent quality!
0:07:03 - United Kingdom - Ronnie Carroll - "Say Wonderful Things"
0:10:24 - Netherlands - Annie Palmen - "Een speeldoos"
0:14:08 - Germany - Heidi Brühl - "Marcel"
0:17:07 - Austria - Carmela Corren - "Vielleicht geschieht ein Wunder"
0:20:24 - Norway - Anita Thallaug - "Solhverv"
0:23:55 - Italy - Emilio Pericoli - "Uno per tutte"
0:27:26 - Finland - Laila Halme - "Muistojeni laulu"
0:31:03 - Denmark - Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann - "Dansevise"
0:34:45 - Yugoslavia - Vice Vukov - "Brodovi"
0:38:36 - Switzerland - Esther Ofarim - "T'en va pas"
0:42:00 - France - Alain Barrière - "Elle était si jolie"
0:45:26 - Spain - José Guardiola - "Algo prodigioso"
0:48:37 - Sweden - Monica Zetterlund - "En gång i Stockholm"
0:52:14 - Belgium - Jacques Raymond - "Waarom?"
0:55:39 - Monaco - Françoise Hardy - "L'amour s'en va"
0:58:51 - Luxembourg - Nana Mouskouri - "À force de prier"
1:02:16 - Interval act - "Ola & Barbro"
1:08:39 - Voting
1:29:02 - Winning Performance
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[@christiankonakci9597]

Katie Boyle is still the best Eurovision presenter ever. She is sadly missed.

[@Texaslawhorn]

ESC March 23, 1963 London, United Kingdom 🇬🇧 Time stamps 1:40 opening remarks and introduction of artists by presenter Katie Boyle 6:42 🇬🇧 United Kingdom "Say Wonderful Things" Ronnie Carroll - 28 points, 4th place out of 16 9:55 🇳🇱 Netherlands "Een speeidoos" ("A musical box") Annie Palmen - 0 points, tied for 13th place out of 16 13:39 🇩🇪 Germany "Marcel" Heidi Bruhl - 5 points, 9th place out of 16 16:36 🇦🇹 Austria "Viellect geschielt win wunder" ("Maybe a miracle will happen") Carmela Corren - 16 points, 7th place out of 16 19:55 🇳🇴 Norway "Solhverv" ("Solstice") Anita Thallaug - 0 points, tied for 13th place out of 16 23:22 🇮🇹 Italy "Uno per tutte" ("One for all") Emilio Pericoli - 37 points, 3rd place out of 16 🥉 26:54 🇫🇮 Finland "Muistojeni laulu" ("The song of my memories") Laila Halme - 0 points, tied for 13th place out of 16 30:33 🇩🇰 Denmark "Dansevise" ("Dance song") Grethe and Jorgen Ingmann - 42 points, 1st place out of 16 🏆🥇 34:15 Yugoslavia "Brodovi" ("Ships") Vice Vukov - 3 points, 11th place out of 16 38:05 🇨🇭 Switzerland "T'en va pas" ("Don't go") Esther Ofarim - 40 points, 2nd place out of 16 🥈 41:28 🇫🇷 France "Elle etait si jolie" ("She was so pretty") Alain Barriere - 25 points, 5th place out of 16 44:55 🇪🇸 Spain "Algo prodigioso" ("Something wonderful") 2 points, 12th place out of 16 48:06 🇸🇪 Sweden " En gang i Stockholm " ("Once upon a time in Stockholm") Monica Zetterlund - 0 points, tied for 13th place out of 16 51:43 🇧🇪 Belgium "Waarom?" ("Why?") Jacques Raymond- 4 points, 10th place out of 16 55:07 🇲🇨 Monaco "L'amour s'en va" ("Love goes away") Francoise Hardy - 25 points, tied for 5th place out of 16 58:21 🇱🇺 Luxembourg "A force de prier" ("By persistently praying") Nana Mouskouri - 13 points, 8th place out of 16 1:02:05 Interval act- Ola and Barbro 1:07:35 explanation of voting procedure. This year sees a new way of voting. Each country gives 5 points to the country that the most jurors voted for. 5 points is essentially the "12 points/douze points" of 1963. 1:08:39 🇬🇧 British jury. 5 points given to Switzerland 1:09:19 🇳🇱 Dutch jury. 5 points given to Denmark 1:10:10 🇩🇪 German jury. 5 points given to Monaco 1:10:49 🇦🇹 Austrian jury. 5 points given to Switzerland 1:11:43 🇳🇴 Norwegian jury's first vote with errors 1:12:50 🇮🇹 Italian jury. 5 points given to Switzerland 1:13:41 🇫🇮 Finnish jury. 5 points given to Denmark 1:14:38 🇩🇰 Danish jury. 5 points given to Italy 1:15:22 Yugoslavian jury. 5 points given to France 1:16:24 🇨🇭 Swiss jury. 5 points given to Italy 1:17:20 🇫🇷 French jury. 5 points given to Monaco 1:18:30 🇪🇸 Spanish jury. 5 points given to the UK 1:19:17 🇸🇪 Swedish jury. 5 points given to Denmark 1:20:07 🇧🇪 Belgian jury. 5 points given to Denmark 1:20:48 🇲🇨 Monegasque jury's initial vote with errors 1:21:55 🇱🇺 Luxembourgish jury. 5 points given to Denmark 1:22:59 🇳🇴 Norwegian jury's second and final vote. 5 points given to the UK 1:24:38 🇮🇩 Monegasque jury's second and final vote. 5 points given to Italy 1:25:19 Announcement of the winning song 1:25:48 presentation of the awards 1:27:08 speech on the importance of ESC and the impact of Eurovision and television 1:28:39 closing remarks 1:29:00 Winner's reprise "Dansevise" Grethe and Jorgen Ingmann 🇩🇰 1:32:32 closing credits Final results: 30:33 1 - 🇩🇰 Denmark🥇🏆42 points 38:05 2 - 🇨🇭 Switzerland🥈40 points 23:22 3 - 🇮🇹 Italy🥉 37 points 06:42 4 - 🇬🇧 UK 28 points 41:29 5 - 🇫🇷 France 25 points (tie) 55:08 5 - 🇲🇨 Monaco 25 points (tie) 16:36 7 - 🇦🇹 Austria 16 points 58:21 8 - 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 13 points 13:39 9 - 🇩🇪 Germany 5 points 51:43 10 - 🇧🇪 Belgium 4 points 34:15 11 - Yugoslavia 3 points 44:55 12 - 🇪🇸 Spain 2 points 09:55 13 - 🇳🇱 Netherlands 0 points (tie) 19:55 13 - 🇳🇴 Norway 0 points (tie) 26:56 13 - 🇫🇮 Finland 0 points (tie) 48:06 13 - 🇸🇪 Sweden 0 points (tie)

[@Texaslawhorn]

@@bfdy9489 You're welcome!

[@natalie9663]

Thank you ❤

[@Texaslawhorn]

@@natalie9663 You're welcome! 🙂

[@vicmonteir0]

Amazing quality both in video and audio! I love this edition of the contest for its art direction (or whatever it's called). The different sceneries are so cool and no microphones been shown is also pretty inventive, I'd say. A shame we never saw something like this again in future contests.

[@Massev6871]

Interesting

[@jamesmt142]

I suppose the LED based stages of today are an extension of this innovation.

[@yiannisyiannis9433]

You will see this year lol

[@tsarvic1918]

@@yiannisyiannis9433 ok

[@robbert89rl]

Never seen 63 in such an excellent quality. Thanks!!!

[@omarmartinezcabrera5159]

Fun fact: People at the time thought all of the contestants used playback.

[@montserratestevezramirez833]

And why didnt they used microphones?

[@omarmartinezcabrera5159]

@@montserratestevezramirez833 they used microphones. But, as an innovation, the UK recorded the contest in the BBC Television Centre. I think they used those microphones, use on the sitcoms and series, where someone's holding them.

[@SimsMoyal]

i think they did - it was not possible back than for such technology to exist - for fact it didn't happened anymore.

[@SwimmerPrince]

@@SimsMoyal They were singing 'live' (not playback) but the performances were done in front of cameras and crews at multiple soundstages within the newly completed BBC studio complex, using Boom Microphone which were common for movies, sitcoms and variety TVs at that time (hence the clean and crisp audio) not on the stage in front of live audiences like it commonly be done, the audiences sat and watched the performers from a separate studio. This format was not repeated due to other countries not having such state-of-the-art technology and the some backlash towards the format.

[@lexezlao]

@@SwimmerPrince it's honestly a shame as earpieces can be a bit distracting in recent years

[@jejtherusheddoodle23]

Fun Fact: In this edition, Switzerland 🇨🇭 sung the 100th entry in the Eurovision Song Contest.

[@SuperJNG18]

Listen to how formal David Jacobs is compared to Terry Wogan relentlessly shitting on the contestants, hosts, and voting. How times change.

[@FannomacritaireSuomi]

Eurovision basically went from a formal evening gala to a lunatics' parade.

[@SuperJNG18]

@@FannomacritaireSuomi You even watch this year? I don’t like that attitude

[@FannomacritaireSuomi]

@@SuperJNG18 I watch ESC every year. I'm still intrigued about finding new music and voting is the most exciting thing of all! While the technological progress has been insane, all the elegance has been lost in the modern Eurovision.

[@lydiarodgers]

here for françoise and it’s great to see her performance in such quality !! i still can’t believe she was 18 here, i’m 18 and she looks so much more beautiful and mature than i do, a real elegant woman

[@ishmaelmacias4505]

She was gorgeous and became famous

[@ylevy5]

A very good edition! I liked the intro they did for each song with the light in the map. I guess it was considered very modern back then. It’s also interesting to see how few countries were back then (both in Europe and in the contest). Last note - two Israelis participated in this Eurovision - 10 years before Israel 🇮🇱 actually joined: Karmela Corren represented Austria and Esther Offarin for Switzerland

[@eleele1180]

Porq entran israel y turquia si no son europeos

[@e.9785]

@@eleele1180 because they were(/are) members of the european broadcasting union (EBU) who organises the eurovision song contest. There's some other rules they need to fulfill, but they don't have to be part of the EU for it

[@grahamnancledra7036]

My First Eurovision. I was 9 years old, couldn't sleep and went from my bedroom into the lounge to see my parents watching the show and I was allowed to watch with them. My mother liked the Danish song and said it would win. How right she was. Katie Boyle was marvellous. She presented four contests, 1960, 1963, 1968 and 1973. I also used to listen to her on the Radio when she presented the "Pop over Europe" programme from London and introduced music from all over the continent. She is sadly missed.

[@robbertl.6339]

Very good qhality. Thanks!

[@user-jx3bp3yy6v]

Denmark’s song is really wonderful!

[@user-ix5dc1zb5p]

Yes

[@FannomacritaireSuomi]

It's not the best of that year, but still very mystical

[@user-ix5dc1zb5p]

@@FannomacritaireSuomi it was..

[@inezfeytons1764]

@@FannomacritaireSuomi it was are you deaf

[@blissfulchristian8878]

Thank you so much for this video!!

[@samroozen6719]

This is very special. Thanks for posting. Great quality. Amazing.

[@montrealkino]

Vice Vukov was so HOTTTTT! :)

[@Benhur48]

the quality of this video is AMAZING

[@Texaslawhorn]

Final results: (Don't look if you don't want spoilers! 😯😌) 30:33 1) 🇩🇰 Denmark🥇🏆/ 42 points 38:05 2) 🇨🇭 Switzerland🥈/ 40 points 23:22 3) 🇮🇹 Italy🥉/ 37 points 06:42 4) 🇬🇧 UK / 28 points 41:29 5) 🇫🇷 France / 25 points (tie) 55:08 5) 🇲🇨 Monaco / 25 points (tie) 16:36 7) 🇦🇹 Austria / 16 points 58:21 8) 🇱🇺 Luxembourg / 13 points 13:39 9) 🇩🇪 Germany / 5 points 51:43 10) 🇧🇪 Belgium / 4 points 34:15 11) Yugoslavia / 3 points 44:55 12) 🇪🇸 Spain / 2 points 09:55 13) 🇳🇱 Netherlands / 0 points (tie) 19:55 13) 🇳🇴 Norway / 0 points (tie) 26:56 13) 🇫🇮 Finland / 0 points (tie) 48:06 13) 🇸🇪 Sweden / 0 points (tie) 1:29:00 - Winner's reprise 🇩🇰 Denmark

[@Oktaimans]

The story of denmark's winners is quite sad. Grethe and Jørgen divorced in 1976 and Jørgen did not take it well, he may have been in love With Grethe until she died in 1990 of cancer.

[@SuperJNG18]

Also: two different Israeli singers competed this year for different countries, ten years before Israel made their debut: Carmela Corren for Austria and Esther Ofarim for Switzerland. (We've also got Nana Mouskouri for Luxembourg, eleven years before Greece joined the contest)

[@barlolosta543]

En ese tiempo como Israel y Grecia no participaban, estas cantantes representaban a paises participantes donde tenian exito o querian hacer carrera. Algo que hizo España con cantantes latinoamericanos, como es el caso de los TNT (uruguayos) en 1964 y Betty Missiego (peruana) en 1979. Nana Moskouri es la primera griega en participar del festival, pero representando a Luxemburgo, y se ve que la relación Luxemburgo-Grecia es bastante fuerte, porque años después veriamos a otra griega: Vicky Leandros, que representaria en 1967 y 1972 (ocasión donde ganaria)

[@SuperJNG18]

@@barlolosta543 It’s a good thing I took seven years of Spanish!

[@barlolosta543]

@@SuperJNG18 jajajaja yo puedo leer inglés pero no escribirlo

[@SuperJNG18]

@@barlolosta543 Y soy el opuesto (siete años, y por qué?)

[@SuperCatman]

Esther Ofarim is a treasure.

[@lucianomartelotte1542]

FANTASTIC!!! Now i can watch it on my tv. THANKS A LOT!!

[@lucashammar8180]

You're welcome.

[@lucianomartelotte1542]

By the way, i would recommend you to post the 1979 edition :)

[@lucashammar8180]

Sorry, already did that once. It was taken down.

[@lucianomartelotte1542]

Ohh, that's bad. But hey, i'm still happy with this once :) Again, thanks a lot

[@lydiaschildwacht]

After all these years I can still hum the melody of the song of Denmark in 2022.

[@klarinetta]

Eurovision will never be like this ever again. Such high artistic quality from a-z

[@ishmaelmacias4505]

Excellent quality of video. Thank you. My favorite song to win was Switzerland or Italy although the Danish song is nice too.

[@sebastiandumagat6948]

Nah

[@Scheherasad]

Nana Mouskouri sold in her active time over 300 million records worldwide. She worked with Quincy Jones and Harry Belafonte. She is a great singer

[@dianemariemichelle3141]

Celebrities are 7 in 1963: Diane Michelle (Saints Row) Jean Jacques (Eurovision Song Contest 1969) Keith David (Saints Row) Theresa May Carrie Fisher (Star Wars) (rest in peace) Mel Gibson La Toya Jackson (Michael's sister) Kenny G Sinbad Arsenio Hall Orange Socks (rest in peace)

[@tonyjohansson7567]

As a Swede, I'm a bit sad that wonderful Monica Zetterlund didn't won Melodifestivalen the year before with "När min vän". That song would've score so much more. "En gång i Stockholm" is a beautiful composition, but it was to odd to fit in the ESC. But wow, what a good edition the ESC 1963 was. Very well produced!

[@davidarnold5271]

Tbh it was such a strong set no one deserved 0 points

[@huseyinpiskin5219]

Sol och var was materpiece.

[@delozenboer]

Hilarious vote giver from Norway

[@tabakera68]

French song ....I love it and Suisse too

[@annakobuk3618]

The way songs were presented... Looks like a predecessor of music videos.

[@VolkerGerman]

Did anyone realize that the Norwegian jury gave 3 points to Switzerland and 2 points to Denmark in their first vote (which was not accepted for formal reasons), and then 4 points to Denmark and 1 point to Switzerland in their second vote, when they knew that France was leading by one point. They rigged it in favour of Denmark! :-( Otherwise I very much enjoyed the whole show. You can see how the presentations have evolved, compared to the previous years.

[@user-ix5dc1zb5p]

But Denmark was better

[@joshukaunarak]

It has later been discovered that the second result was indeed the correct one. But yeah, it's pretty suspicious.

[@anthonyfranco88]

Is this the beginning of stage changes in ESC? I feel the like the first contests look so different. These all look like holiday specials from the 60’s, but I like it!

[@SwimmerPrince]

Nope this was an exception, off course over the years after this edition were attempts to improve with lighting, camera angles, pyrotechnics etc. to match the theme of the songs, but only in early 2010s when LED stages become the norm, individual staging went full force..

[@Azeritable]

Monegasque commentator is soo funny

[@dianemariemichelle3141]

Celebrities are 11 in 1963: Moya Brennan (Clannad) Veronica Castro Victoria Cunningham (Playboy) Angela Farrell (Eurovision Song Contest 1971) Vladimir Putin Sharon Osbourne Mr. T Imran Khan Christine Baranski (Mamma MIA! and Chicago) Anne Marie David (Eurovision Song Contest 1973 & 1979)

[@anthonyfranco88]

The voting was so suspenseful, oh my gosh - loll

[@dianemariemichelle3141]

Celebrities are Happy New Year in 1963: Enya (Clannad) - 1 (also 2)

[@paulspice720]

1.01.50 - "I hope you at home have already started arguing". Class quote Katie. Then the 1963 swedish bike act. Not cirque de solais but quite intimate as a couple plus his own bits and bobs in his dinner-jacket. You could swipe through Tic-Toc for hours and not see such a treat. Oh, and I liked Denmark's song. Voting was a bit iffy.

[@ve022]

it was very unusual year where no less than four countries got no points. in the case of Netherlands it was outrageous since it is beautiful lullaby .my rating 1.denmark 2.swizerland 3.monaco 4,italy 5.france 6.germany,netherlands 8.finland 9.uk

[@saas-lk2oe]

so, basically Norway changed their votes the second time they came on air, just to give Denmark the win. The first time they gave Denmark 2 votes and 3 to Switzerland. The second time they gave Denmark 4 votes and 1 to Switzerland. LOL. I also believe Dansevise was the best song but regardless of that, the actual winner was Switzerland and they were robbed by the scandinavian mafia :) Another noticeable thing was that the previous year the winner was France but they couldn't bear the cost for organizing the event for the 3rd time in the last 6 years, so UK did. Katie Boyle was amazing, of course :) Congrats to the uploader too for such a great quality video!

[@anthonyfranco88]

Luxembourg was fantastic!! Surprised by its placement.

[@dianemariemichelle3141]

Celebrities are 58 in 1963: Frank Sinatra (Nancy's husband) (rest in peace) Edith Piaf (rest in peace) Billie Holiday (posthumous) Ida Keeling

[@benjischneider5511]

Who's the spoker for the Monaco jury?! You can listen to him every year of the esc 60's...great guy. really funny :-D 01:20:50

[@listman3865]

Hasn't been revealed, but TMC used that person for 59-70 if it helps

[@SuperJNG18]

Do you have any HQ editions from the '90s? I believe you had '96 for a while but it might've been taken down.

[@dianemariemichelle3141]

Celebrities are not band yet in 1963: Clannad - 1970 ABBA (Eurovision Song Contest 1974) - 1972 Luv' - 1977 U2 - 1976

[@elenamlkvch7542]

I agree Danmark was so good and best this contest.. I really like this song

[@FannomacritaireSuomi]

Nah, I think Luxembourg was the best.

[@sebastiandumagat6948]

@@FannomacritaireSuomi nah

[@luvhart]

If Mäns appears here too i’m going to be cross

[@delozenboer]

1:21 hilarious guy from Monaco drunk on champagne probably :)

[@SimsMoyal]

1 Denmark / Dansevise 2 Germany / Marcel 3 France / Elle était si jolie 4 Netherlands / Een speeldoos 5 Monaco / L'amour s'en va 6 Luxembourg / À force de prier 7 Norway / Solhverv 8 United Kingdom / Say wonderful things 9 Switzerland / T'en vas pas 10 Italy / Uno per tutte 11 Austria / Vielleicht geschieht ein Wunder 12 Sweden / En gång i Stockholm 13 Finland / Muistojeni laulu 13 Yugoslavia / Brodovi 13 Spain / Algo prodigioso 13 Belgium / Waarom

[@escliam7667]

The running order: 01 United Kingdom 🇬🇧 02 The Netherlands 🇳🇱 03 Germany 🇩🇪 04 Austria 🇦🇹 05 Norway 🇳🇴 06 Italy 🇮🇹 07 Finland 🇫🇮 08 Denmark 🇩🇰 09 Yugoslavia 🇭🇷 10 Switzerland 🇨🇭 11 France 🇫🇷 12 Spain 🇪🇦 13 Sweden 🇸🇪 14 Belgium 🇧🇪 15 Monaco 🇲🇨 16 Luxembourg 🇱🇺

[@JoeGri]

The format is wrong, it should be 4:3. Everything is distorted.

[@ChrisMelville]

I have re-uploaded this Contest with the same picture quality, but in 4:3 :)

[@zdrak2]

The Norwegian vote controversy really gave a black eye to what was otherwise a most excellent Eurovision.

[@e.9785]

What happened?

[@thelogxd8812]

​@@e.9785It was suspected that Denmark won because Norway boycotted the votes

[@nolans-sky]

I loved how Denmark won Then the other Scandinavian countries are the zeroes (with netherlands) . .-.

[@user-ix5dc1zb5p]

Fr-

[@dianemariemichelle3141]

Celebrities are not died yet in 1963: Frida Kahlo (posthumous) - 1954

[@fes1029]

Jose Guardiola fans: “Thanks Yugoslavia”

[@joselulucovianzatara5081]

Uma Grande Edição de Eurovisão. Aunque meu Festival Eurovisão preferido è o Eurovisão 1969. #LuluUK 🇬🇧

[@lucashammar8180]

Por favor, escreva em inglês no futuro.

[@luiscondeblazquez8518]

Portugal participou com uma bela canção merecedora do premio. Saludos de España!

[@joselulucovianzatara5081]

Luis Conde Blázquez, Portugal não participo nesta competição debuto em 1964 com Antonio Calvario - Oração.

[@luiscondeblazquez8518]

José Oliveira Portugal Mais eu falo da edição 1969

[@joselulucovianzatara5081]

Luis Conde Blázquez, esse festival é de mis preferidos a canção de Portugal foi Desfolhada Portuguesa e Canto Simeone de Oliveira essa canção e a musica do Reino Unido me gostan Muito.

[@AvatariaEmreYapm]

I couldn't understand how the presenter talks without microphones, how the artists sing without microphones.

[@RobinTheMini]

The aspecto ratio of this video upload is wrong as the image should be 4:3 instead of 16:9. You see everything enlarged widely

[@dasmysteryman12]

1963 had staging before staging in Eurovision was even a thing!

[@SwimmerPrince]

BBC was experimenting with the implementation of the artistic direction from US variety shows such as The Ed Sullivan show

[@dianemariemichelle3141]

Celebrities are not born yet in 1963: Jennifer Lopez (Pitbull's wife) - 1969 Bjork (The Sugacubes) - 1965

[@e.9785]

"Pitbull's wife" 💀💀

[@palerlendhildre4863]

Good job of the Norwegian jury to secure the correct winner,

[@benjiv9828]

Norway changed the vote to benefit Denmark. Switzerland the real winner.

[@anden04]

Hejsan! Var fick du tag på detta? Jag är lite sugen på om du har kvar den icke konverterade versionen av denna. Har du det? I så fall låt mig veta. Jag har några andra "editions" som jag kan dela med mig av.

[@pultaceous]

Why is it that some of the conductors were not credited in the credits?

[@alessioepifani3948]

You have this edition in 4:3?

[@ChrisMelville]

Ostensibly good picture quality, but why is it stretched to 16:9 widescreen? It looks terrible. Please would you upload it again, but in the original 4:3 aspect ratio!

[@ChrisMelville]

Actually, I did it myself. Found out how to correct the aspect ratio. I re-uploaded it in the same quality, but in 4:3 :)

[@dianemariemichelle3141]

Celebrities are 8 in 1963: Arlen Siu (rest in peace) Patty Brard (Luv') Whoopi Goldberg Mary Black Angela Winbush Kris Jenner Will Nye Bruce Willis (Rumer's husband) Reba McEntire Donatella Versace Yo Yo Ma Billy Idol Lisa Frank Iman

[@andyw5078]

Bruce Willis is Rumer's husband? What?!

[@user-kr8pu2qy9n]

UK I'm say wow Ronnie Carrol

[@barlolosta543]

En mi opinión Paises Bajos no merecia ultimo lugar en 1963... esa canción tiene algo especial.

[@Crtani_Filmovi_Hrvatska]

Vice Vukov🇭🇷❤️

[@AvatariaEmreYapm]

14:09 Oha, Süleyman Demirel

[@jpaob]

That Head of BBC fellow at the prize giving gave a very gloating speech.

[@dianemariemichelle3141]

56:22 she looks like lorde

[@sebastianhein3147]

I think this was a very strong year. Many good songs. My top 5 was germany Norway Switzerland Finland and yugoslavia

[@miimaker2120]

I would vote for ones who performed the intro music at 0:33 also at the end

[@Cilla0415]

My top 16: 1.) Switzerland 2.)Luxembourg 3.)Denmark 4.)Monaco 5.)Yugoslavia 6.)Belgium 7.) Italy 8.)Spain 9.)France 10.)Austria 11.)Norway 12.)Sweden 13.)Germany 14.)United Kingdom 15.)Finland 16.)Netherlands

[@b00i00d]

the usual europolitics played in this competition too, with the most salient being Norway's voting process and announcement. Finland's song was the most beautiful, I think. But there are quite a few beautiful songs here. And of course this was the event where Nana Mouskouri was introduced to the wider world...

[@pipopelao3306]

1963 5 netherlands 4 norway 3 belgium 2 switzerland 1 France, luxembourg UK denmark yugoslavia italy Mónaco Germany austria finland sweden, spain.

[@Pena1306]

R.I.P Katie Boyle

[@Komancz609]

Luxembourg deserved higher placement

[@jesemepardens9151]

UK 4/5 The Netherlands 1/5 Germany 5/5 Austria 2/5 Norway 1/5 Italy 4/5 Finland 3/5 Denmark 5/5 Yugoslavia 2/5 Switzerland 5/5 France 3/5 Spain 2/5 Sweden 1/5 Belgium 4/5 Monaco 4/5 Luxembourg 3/5

[@enki_guate]

Well, the youngest will see this contest as a deja vú with the JESC this year... UK saw the future hahahahaha

[@eurovisiondelsigloxx240]

Eurovision 1969

[@HarlanBrazier]

Round-Up 1 United Kingdom 🇬🇧 2 Netherlands 🇳🇱 3 Germany 🇩🇪 4 Austria 🇦🇹 5 Norway 🇳🇴 6 Italy 🇮🇹 7 Finland 🇫🇮 8 Denmark 🇩🇰 9 Yugoslavia (This Country Isn't A Country Anymore) 10 Switzerland 🇨🇭 11 France 🇫🇷 12 Spain 🇪🇸 13 Sweden 🇸🇪 14 Belgium 🇧🇪 15 Monaco 🇲🇨 16 Luxembourg 🇱🇺 1st Denmark 2nd Switzerland 3rd Italy 4th United Kingdom 5th France And Monaco 7th Austria 8th Luxembourg 9th Germany 10th Belgium 11th Yugoslavia 12th Spain 13th Netherlands, Norway, Finland, And Sweden,

[@henroriro]

Sweden might have sent one of their worst scoring ESC entries, but we did come with one of the greatest interval acts ever!

[@o-b-1]

The singers from Switzerland and Austria are from Israel ❤

[@mrtkz]

Pan z Włoch zaprezentował nam występ z użyciem rekwizytów ❤

[@eghdf8888]

Where is the microphone??? Are they singing life....???

[@occono3543]

They are! They're using Boom Microphones. It was the UK showing off a bit.

[@ingerolsen4471]

Why do you show this in 16:9? It was produced in 4:3. All the singers look much fatter than they were ... !

[@ChrisMelville]

I have re-uploaded this Contest with the same picture quality, but in 4:3 :)

[@mrrkdino]

One controversy this year was during the voting. When it was Norway's turn to announce their votes, the spokesman in Oslo, Roald Øyen, 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 mysteriously altered, thus changing the outcome of the contest and giving the victory to Norway's neighbours Denmark at Switzerland'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.

[@dianemariemichelle3141]

Celebrities are 24 in 1963: Tina Turner (Ike's wife) Dusty Springfield (rest in peace) Marvin Gaye (rest in peace) Salome (Eurovision Song Contest 1969) John Amos (Tori's husband) James Fox Grace Slick

[@Juutube989]

1:33:48

[@terrybaker8156]

Heja Sverige

[@user-nx7mo8jd7c]

1:34:04

[@keithnaylor1981]

Good quality picture. Shame it's unwatchable as everything is distorted.

[@SuperCatman]

not sure what you mean by that

[@lilian2570]

The ladie from Austria look exactly like LADY gaga

[@anthonyfranco88]

Also: the French guy is hot

[@dreasbn]

Dansevise is probably my favorite ESC song of the years 1956 to 1969... I can't compare those early songs hardly to anything later... so the 70 - 90's is another period and since 2000 a different period.

[@laurentguichard8437]

ALAIN BARRIERE EST LE 5 EME INTERPRETE MASCULIN , POUR LA FRANCE NANA MOUSKOURI EST LA 4 EME INTERPRETE FEMININE , POUR LE LUXEMBOURG FRANCOISE HARDY EST LA 2 EME INTERPRETE FEMININE , POUR MONACO

[@francotan502]

at 1:03:23 is the best way to have sex on a bike

[@wearecity]

I came here, due to the death of Françoise Hardy. Such a different contest, all very civilised, compared to the farcical mess it is now.

[@enartysongcontest5619]

My points: 12 Denmark 10 Sweden 8 Switzerland 7 Luxembourg 6 France 5 Netherlands 4 Monaco 3 United Kingdom 2 Italy 1 Spain