Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1963

Eurovision Song Contest 1963
Participating broadcaster	ARD[a] – Hessischer Rundfunk (HR)
Country	Germany
National selection
Selection process	Artist: Internal selection Song: National final
Selection date(s)	28 February 1963
Selected artist(s)	Heidi Brühl
Selected song	"Marcel"
Selected songwriter(s)	Charly Niessen
Finals performance
Final result	9th, 5 points
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1962 • 1963 • 1964►

Germany was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1963 with the song "Marcel", written by Charly Niessen, and performed by Heidi Brühl. The German participating broadcaster on behalf of ARD, Hessischer Rundfunk (HR), selected its entry through a national final, after having previously selected the performer internally. Brühl had finished runner-up in the 1960 national final, but her song "Wir wollen niemals auseinandergehn" had gone on to become one of the biggest hits of the year, topping the German singles chart for several weeks.

The final was held at the television studios in Frankfurt. Brühl performed five songs and the winner was chosen by postcard voting. "Marcel" was a runaway winner, receiving almost two-thirds of all votes cast.^[1]

On the night of the final Brühl performed third in the running order, following the Netherlands and preceding Austria. Voting was by each national jury awarding 5-4-3-2-1 to their top 5 songs, and at the close "Marcel" had received 5 points (3 from Monaco and 2 from Norway), placing Germany 9th of the 16 entries. The German jury awarded its 5 points to Monaco.^[2]

Points awarded to Germany[3] Score Country 5 points 4 points 3 points  Monaco 2 points  Norway 1 point

Points awarded by Germany[3] Score Country 5 points  Monaco 4 points   Switzerland 3 points  Luxembourg 2 points  Denmark 1 point  France