Contest year
- Host City
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Venue
- Tivolis Koncertsal
- Final Date
- March 21, 1964
- Entries
- 16
- Portugal debuted but became the first country to score nul points on its first entry, while Sweden withdrew due to a performers’ union strike; Germany, Switzerland and Yugoslavia also received their first nul points.
- The Netherlands made history with Anneke Grönloh, the first performer of non-European ancestry, and Spain sent Los TNT, the contest’s first group with three or more members.
- A protester briefly invaded the stage with an anti–Franco and Salazar banner.
- Italy’s Gigliola Cinquetti won at 16, setting a youngest-winner record and achieving an unusually huge winning margin; unusually, she returned for a second bow.
- No complete video recording of the contest survives.
- via Wikipedia
Presenters
Lotte Waever
Winner
Final Results
| Country | Artist · Song | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
 Italy | Gigliola Cinquetti Non ho l’età | 1 | 49 |
 United Kingdom | Matt Monro I Love the Little Things | 2 | 17 |
 Monaco | Romuald Où sont‐elles passées | 3 | 15 |
 Luxembourg | Hugues Aufray Dès que le printemps revient | 4 | 14 |
 France | Rachel Le chant de Mallory | 4 | 14 |
 Austria | Udo Jürgens Warum nur, warum | 6 | 11 |
 Finland | Lasse Mårtenson Laiskotellen | 7 | 9 |
 Norway | Arne Bendiksen Spiral | 8 | 6 |
| Denmark | Bjørn Tidmand Sangen om dig | 9 | 4 |
 Netherlands | Anneke Grönloh Jij bent mijn leven | 10 | 2 |
 Belgium | Robert Cogoi Près de ma rivière | 10 | 2 |
 Spain | Los T.N.T. Caracola | 12 | 1 |
 Germany | 13 | 0 | |
 Portugal | António Calvário Oração | 13 | 0 |
 Yugoslavia | Sabahudin Kurt Život je sklopio krug | 13 | 0 |
 Switzerland | Anita Traversi I miei pensieri | 13 | 0 |