United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1963

Philip Green
Norman Newell

Finals performanceFinal result4th, 28 pointsUnited Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest

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1963

• 1964►

The United Kingdom held a national preselection to choose the song that would go to the Eurovision Song Contest 1963. It was held on 24 February 1963 and presented by David Jacobs.

For a second year running Ronnie Carroll represented the UK with a song called "Say Wonderful Things" and went on to come 4th in the contest.

In addition to hosting the national final, David Jacobs provided the BBC TV commentary at the Eurovision final. Nicholas Parsons served as the jury spokesperson for the UK.

Before Eurovision

A Song for Europe 1963

Draw	Artist	Song	Place	Points
1	Anne Shelton	"My Continental Love"	4	9
2	Ronnie Carroll	"Say Wonderful Things"	1	33
3	Barry Barnett	"If You Ever Leave Me"	2	20
4	Johnny Towers	"This Kind of Love"	6	5
5	Maureen Evans	"Pick the Petals"	3	17
6	Vince Hill	"A Day at the Seaside"	5	8
7	Jimmy Justice	"The Little Cracked Bell of San Raquel"	7	4

At Eurovision

"Say Wonderful Things" won the national and went on to come 4th in the contest.

Voting

Points awarded to the United Kingdom^[1]
Score	Country
5 points	Norway Spain
4 points
3 points	Denmark Finland France Netherlands Yugoslavia
2 points	Sweden
1 point	Monaco

Points awarded by the United Kingdom^[1]
Score	Country
5 points	Switzerland
4 points	Austria
3 points	Denmark
2 points	Italy
1 point	Monaco

References

^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of London 1963". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 30 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.

United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation

Artists

Songs

"All"
"Are You Sure?"
"The Bad Old Days"
"Beg, Steal or Borrow"
"Believe in Me"
"Better the Devil You Know"
"Bigger than Us"
"Boom Bang-a-Bang"
"Children of the Universe"
"Come Back"
"Congratulations"
"Cry Baby"
"Dizzy"
"Don't Play That Song Again"
"Embers"
"Even If"
"Flying the Flag (For You)"
"Give a Little Love Back to the World"
"Go"
"Hold On to Our Love"
"I Belong"
"I Can"
"I Love the Little Things"
"I Wrote a Song"
"I'm Never Giving Up"
"It's My Time"
"Jack in the Box"
"Knock, Knock Who's There?"
"Let Me Be the One"
"Long Live Love"
"Looking High, High, High"
"Love City Groove"
"Love Enough for Two"
"Love Games"
"Love Is..."
"Love Shine a Light"
"Love Will Set You Free"
"Making Your Mind Up"
"A Man Without Love"
"Mary Ann"
"A Message to Your Heart"
~~"My Last Breath"~~
"Never Give Up on You"
"No Dream Impossible"
"One Step Further"
"One Step Out of Time"
"Only the Light"
"Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit"
"Power to All Our Friends"
"Puppet on a String"
"Ring-A-Ding Girl"
"Rock Bottom"
"Runner in the Night"
"Save Your Kisses for Me"
"Say It Again"
"Say Wonderful Things"
"Sing, Little Birdie"
"Space Man"
"Still in Love with You"
"Storm"
"Teenage Life"
"That Sounds Good to Me"
"Touch My Fire"
"We Will Be Free (Lonely Symphony)"
"Where Are You?"
"Why Do I Always Get It Wrong"
"You're Not Alone"

Note: Entries scored out signify where the United Kingdom did not compete

v t e Eurovision Song Contest 1963
Countries	Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Italy Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Norway Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom Yugoslavia
Artists	Alain Barrière Heidi Brühl Ronnie Carroll Carmela Corren José Guardiola Laila Halme Françoise Hardy Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann Nana Mouskouri Esther Ofarim Annie Palmen Emilio Pericoli Jacques Raymond Anita Thallaug Vice Vukov Monica Zetterlund
Songs	"À force de prier" "Algo prodigioso" "L'amour s'en va" "Brodovi" "Dansevise" "Elle était si jolie" "En gång i Stockholm" "Marcel" "Muistojeni laulu" "Say Wonderful Things" "Solhverv" "Een speeldoos" "T'en va pas" "Uno per tutte" "Vielleicht geschieht ein Wunder" "Waarom?"