In a break from the tradition that the contest is hosted by the previous year's winners, it was held in the United Kingdom, who had finished 4th, rather than France, who had won in 1962, because they had already hosted the 1959 and 1961 edition and declined to host a third time the competition in such a short time. It was the second time such thing happened. The United Kingdom had already hosted the 1960 edition after The Netherlands winning in 1959, for the same reason, The Netherlands declined because they had already hosted the 1958 edition.
