London, Saturday, 23 March 1963

Eurovision 1963, vote by vote

16 songs, 16 countries voting. Denmark won with “Dansevise” on 42 points, 2 ahead of Switzerland.

The result

In finishing order, with the countries that gave each song their highest mark.

  1. 1

    Denmark Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann “Dansevise”

    Sang no. 8

    Top marks from Netherlands, Finland, Sweden, Belgium and Luxembourg

    42 pts
  2. 2

    Switzerland Esther Ofarim “T'en va pas”

    Sang no. 10

    Top marks from United Kingdom, Austria and Italy

    40 pts
  3. 3

    Italy Emilio Pericoli “Uno per tutte”

    Sang no. 6

    Top marks from Denmark, Switzerland and Monaco

    37 pts
  4. 4

    United Kingdom Ronnie Carroll “Say Wonderful Things”

    Sang no. 1

    Top marks from Norway and Spain

    28 pts
  5. 5

    France Alain Barrière “Elle était si jolie”

    Sang no. 11

    Top marks from Yugoslavia

    25 pts
  6. 5

    Monaco Françoise Hardy “L'amour s'en va”

    Sang no. 15

    Top marks from Germany and France

    25 pts
  7. 7

    Austria Carmela Corren “Vielleicht geschieht ein Wunder”

    Sang no. 4

    16 pts
  8. 8

    Luxembourg Nana Mouskouri “À force de prier”

    Sang no. 16

    13 pts
  9. 9

    Germany Heidi Brühl “Marcel”

    Sang no. 3

    5 pts
  10. 10

    Belgium Jacques Raymond “Waarom?”

    Sang no. 14

    4 pts
  11. 11

    Yugoslavia Vice Vukov “Brodovi (Бродови)”

    Sang no. 9

    3 pts
  12. 12

    Spain José Guardiola “Algo prodigioso”

    Sang no. 12

    2 pts
  13. 13

    Netherlands Annie Palmen “Een speeldoos”

    Sang no. 2

    0 pts
  14. 13

    Norway Anita Thallaug “Solhverv”

    Sang no. 5

    0 pts
  15. 13

    Finland Laila Halme “Muistojeni laulu”

    Sang no. 7

    0 pts
  16. 13

    Sweden Monica Zetterlund “En gång i Stockholm”

    Sang no. 13

    0 pts

Who gave what

Every country that voted, in the order the votes were announced, with its points from the highest down and the spokesperson who read them out, where our source names one.

  1. United Kingdom

    • 5 Switzerland
    • 4 Austria
    • 3 Denmark
    • 2 Italy
    • 1 Monaco
  2. Netherlands

    • 5 Denmark
    • 4 France
    • 3 United Kingdom
    • 2 Monaco
    • 1 Italy
  3. Germany

    • 5 Monaco
    • 4 Switzerland
    • 3 Luxembourg
    • 2 Denmark
    • 1 France
  4. Austria

    • 5 Switzerland
    • 4 Belgium
    • 3 Denmark
    • 2 France
    • 1 Monaco
  5. Norway

    • 5 United Kingdom
    • 4 Denmark
    • 3 Italy
    • 2 Germany
    • 1 Switzerland
  6. Italy

    • 5 Switzerland
    • 4 France
    • 3 Monaco
    • 2 Denmark
    • 1 Luxembourg
  7. Finland

    read out by Poppe Berg

    • 5 Denmark
    • 4 Austria
    • 3 United Kingdom
    • 2 Italy
    • 1 Luxembourg
  8. Denmark

    • 5 Italy
    • 4 Switzerland
    • 3 United Kingdom
    • 2 Luxembourg
    • 1 Austria
  9. Yugoslavia

    • 5 France
    • 4 Italy
    • 3 United Kingdom
    • 2 Spain
    • 1 Monaco
  10. Switzerland

    • 5 Italy
    • 4 France
    • 3 Denmark
    • 2 Luxembourg
    • 1 Monaco
  11. France

    • 5 Monaco
    • 4 Luxembourg
    • 3 United Kingdom
    • 2 Austria
    • 1 Yugoslavia
  12. Spain

    • 5 United Kingdom
    • 4 Switzerland
    • 3 Italy
    • 2 Yugoslavia
    • 1 France
  13. Sweden

    read out by Edvard Matz

    • 5 Denmark
    • 4 Monaco
    • 3 Austria
    • 2 United Kingdom
    • 1 Switzerland
  14. Belgium

    • 5 Denmark
    • 4 Switzerland
    • 3 Italy
    • 2 Austria
    • 1 France
  15. Monaco

    • 5 Italy
    • 4 Switzerland
    • 3 Germany
    • 2 France
    • 1 United Kingdom
  16. Luxembourg

    • 5 Denmark
    • 4 Italy
    • 3 Switzerland
    • 2 Monaco
    • 1 France

The full scoreboard

Songs down the side, voters across the top in the order they were called. A voter’s highest mark is highlighted.

The grid is 16 columns wide, so it is shown on wider screens. Every number in it is in the lists above.

Song Total United Kingdom Netherlands Germany Austria Norway Italy Finland Denmark Yugoslavia Switzerland France Spain Sweden Belgium Monaco Luxembourg
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

On the night

What opened the show, and what filled the interval while the votes came in.

in the interval
  • Ola and Barbro

Results and votes as published by the European Broadcasting Union and recorded on the contest’s Wikipedia article. Every row here has been checked to add up to its total. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we’ll fix it.