Eurovision Song Contest 1964

Eurovision Song Contest 1964
Dates
Final	21 March 1964
Host
Venue	Tivolis Koncertsal Copenhagen, Denmark
Presenter(s)	Lotte Wæver
Musical director	Kai Mortensen
Directed by	Poul Leth Sørensen
Executive supervisor	Miroslav Vilček
Host broadcaster	Danmarks Radio (DR)
Website	eurovision.tv/event/copenhagen-1964
Participants
Number of entries	16
Debuting countries	Portugal
Non-returning countries	Sweden
Participation map      Competing countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 1964
Vote
Voting system	Ten-member juries awarded points (5, 3 and 1) to their three favourite songs.
Winning song	Italy "Non ho l'età"
1963 ← Eurovision Song Contest → 1965

The Eurovision Song Contest 1964 was the 9th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, following the country's victory at the 1963 contest with the song "Dansevise" by Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Danmarks Radio (DR), the contest was held at Tivolis Koncertsal on 21 March 1964, and was hosted by Danish TV presenter Lotte Wæver.

Sixteen countries participated in the contest. Portugal made its debut this year, whereas Sweden decided not to enter.

The winner of the contest was Italy with the song "Non ho l'età", performed by Gigliola Cinquetti, written by Nicola Salerno and composed by Mario Panzeri. At the age of 16 years and 92 days, Gigliola Cinquetti became the youngest winner of the contest yet; a record she held until 1986.^[1] The entry had one of the widest margins of victory ever witnessed in the competition. It garnered almost three times as many points as the second-placed song.

Besides the 1956 contest, the 1964 contest is the only other one of which there are no surviving video recordings.