Italy was represented by Emilio Pericoli, with the song '"Uno per tutte", at the 1963 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 23 March in London. Broadcaster RAI chose the winning song from the 1963 Sanremo Music Festival as their Eurovision entry: the song had been performed twice at Sanremo and Pericoli was chosen over Tony Renis as the performer. In 1962 Pericoli had enjoyed a top 10 hit in the United States and a top 30 hit in the United Kingdom with a recording of Italy's 1961 Eurovision entry "Al di là", which had been sung in the contest by Betty Curtis.