Edition number - 8
Date - March 23, 1963
Host broadcaster - BBC, United Kingdom
Host city - London
Venue - BBC Television Centre
Host - Catherine Boyle
Director - Yvonne Littlewood
Producer - Harry Carlisle
Stage designers - George Djurkovic & Richard Levin
Musical director - Eric Robinson
Orchestra - freelance orchestra
Concertmaster - David McCallum
Interval act - Ola & Barbro / trick cyclists
Scrutineer - none
Number of entries - 16
Winning entry - 'Dansevise' Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann (Denmark)
Winning songwriters - Sejr Volmer-Sørensen / Otto Francker
Winning orchestrators - Otto Francker / Arne Lamberth
Winning conductor - Kai Mortensen
RESULT
1st place (42 votes)
DENMARK
Song title – “Dansevise”
Rendition – Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann
Lyrics – Sejr Volmer-Sørensen
Composition – Otto Francker
Studio arrangement – Otto Francker / Arne Lamberth
Live orchestration – Otto Francker / Arne Lamberth
Conductor – Kai Mortensen
2nd place (40 votes)
SWITZERLAND
Song title – "T'en va pas"
Rendition – Esther Ofarim
Lyrics – Emile Gardaz
Composition – Géo Voumard
Studio arrangement – Pierre Thomas
(studio orchestra conducted by Pierre Thomas)
Live orchestration – Pierre Thomas
Conductor – Eric Robinson (MD)
3rd place (37 votes)
ITALY
Song title – "Uno per tutte"
Rendition – Emilio Pericoli
Lyrics – Giulio Rapetti "Mogol" / Alberto Testa
Composition – Tony Renis
Studio arrangement – Iller Pattacini
Live orchestration – Gigi Cichellero
Conductor – Gigi Cichellero
4th place (28 votes)
UNITED KINGDOM
Song title – "Say Wonderful Things"
Rendition – Ronnie Carroll
Lyrics – Norman Newell
Composition – Philip Green
Studio arrangement – Wally Stott
(studio orchestra conducted by Wally Stott)
Live orchestration – Wally Stott
Conductor – Eric Robinson (MD)
5th & 6th place (ex aequo, 25 votes)
FRANCE
Song title – “Elle était si jolie”
Rendition – Alain Barrière
Lyrics – Alain Barrière
Composition – Alain Barrière
Studio arrangement – Armand Migiani
(studio orchestra conducted by Armand Migiani)
Live orchestration – Franck Pourcel
Conductor – Franck Pourcel
MONACO
Song title – “L'amour s'en va”
Rendition – Françoise Hardy
Lyrics – Françoise Hardy
Composition – Françoise Hardy
Studio arrangement – Marcel Hendrix
(studio orchestra conducted by Marcel Hendrix)
Live orchestration – Raymond Lefèvre
Conductor – Raymond Lefèvre
7th place (16 votes)
AUSTRIA
Song title – "Vielleicht geschieht ein Wunder (Who Knows What Comes Tomorrow)"
Rendition – Carmela Corren
German lyrics – Peter Wehle
English lyrics – Norman Newell
Composition – Erwin Halletz
Studio arrangement – Charles Nowa
(studio orchestra conducted by Charles Nowa)
Live orchestration – Erwin Halletz
Conductor – Erwin Halletz
8th place (13 votes)
LUXEMBOURG
Song title – "A force de prier"
Rendition – Nana Mouskouri
Lyrics – Pierre Delanoë
Composition – Raymond Bernard
Studio arrangement – Robert Chauvigny
(studio orchestra conducted by Jacques Denjean)
Live orchestration – Robert Chauvigny
Conductor – Eric Robinson (MD)
9th place (5 votes)
WEST GERMANY
Song title – "Marcel"
Rendition – Heidi Brühl
Lyrics – Charly Niessen
Composition – Charly Niessen
Studio arrangement – Heinz Alisch
(studio orchestra conducted by Heinz Alisch)
Live orchestration – unknown
Conductor – Willy Berking
10th place (4 votes)
BELGIUM
Song title – "Waarom"
Rendition – Jacques Raymond
Lyrics – Wim Brabants
Composition – Hans Flower
Studio arrangement – Nico Gomez (= Josef van het Groenewoud) / Glen Powell (= Félix Faecq)
(studio orchestra conducted by Francis Bay)
Live orchestration – Nico Gomez
Conductor – Francis Bay
11th place (3 votes)
YUGOSLAVIA
Song title – “Brodovi”
Rendition – Vice Vukov
Lyrics – Mario Nardelli
Composition – Mario Nardelli
Studio arrangement – Mario Nardelli
(Veliki Zabavni Orkestar Jugoton conducted by Mario Nardelli)
Live orchestration – Mario Nardelli
Conductor – Miljenko Prohaska
12th place (2 votes)
SPAIN
Song title – "Algo prodigioso"
Rendition – José Guardiola
Lyrics – Camillo Murillo Janero
Composition – Fernando Garcia Morcillo
Studio arrangement – unknown (possibly Josep Casas Augé)
Live orchestration – unknown (possibly Josep Casas Augé)
Conductor – Rafael Ibarbia
13th to 16th place (ex aequo, 0 votes)
NETHERLANDS
Song title – "Een speeldoos"
Rendition – Annie Palmen
Lyrics – Pieter Goemans
Composition – Pieter Goemans
Studio arrangement – Bert Paige
(studio orchestra conducted by Bert Paige)
Live orchestration – Bert Paige
Conductor – Eric Robinson (MD)
NORWAY
Song title – "Solhverv"
Rendition – Anita Thallaug
Lyrics – Dag Kristoffersen
Composition – Dag Kristoffersen
Studio arrangement (Jan Høiland version) – Jørg Petter Røed
Live orchestration – Carsten Klouman
Conductor – Øivind Bergh
FINLAND
SWEDEN
Song title – "Muistojeni laulu"
Rendition – Laila Halme
Lyrics – Börje Sundgren
Composition – Börje Sundgren
Studio arrangement – Pekka Toivanen
Live orchestration – Pekka Toivanen
Conductor – George de Godzinsky
Song title – “En gång i Stockholm”
Rendition – Monica Zetterlund
Lyrics – Beppe Wolgers
Composition – Bobbie Ericsson
Studio arrangement – Mats Olsson
(Philips Studio Orchestra conducted by Georg Riedel)
Live orchestration – Mats Olsson
Conductor – William Lind
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