RAI, the Italian national broadcaster, is the fifteenth broadcaster to confirm that it will be broadcasting “Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light” on May 16.

The show will be broadcast on delay RAI 1 at 20:35 CET on May 16 with commentary from Flavio Insinna and Federico Russo. It will also be broadcast live on RAI Radio 2 with commentary from Gino Castaldo ed Ema Stokholma and online on RAI Play. All of the commentators did commentary for Italian televsion and radio at last year’s Eurovision Song Contest. In addition, Ema was last year’s Itailan spokesperson, while Federico was the spokesperson in 2015.

RAI’s announcement leaves the United Kingdom as the only Big Five country that has yet to announce whether they are broadcasting the show or not. The BBC previously announced that they would air their own show, “Eurovision: Come Together” on May 16.

To date, the following channels will be broadcasting the show:

Austria – ORF 1

Belgium – Één

Bulgaria – BNT 1

Czech Republic – CT art

Denmark – DR 1

Estonia – ERR

Finland – Yle TV2

France – France 2

Germany – Das Erste

Italy – RAI 1, RAI Radio 2, RAI Play

Netherlands – NPO

Spain – La 1

Sweden – SVT live

Switzerland – SRF

Ukraine – UA:Pershyi

Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light will be broadcast live across Europe on May 16 hosted by Chantal Janzen, Edsilia Rombley and Jan Smit. The show will pay tribute to the forty one acts who had been due to compete in Eurovision 2020 and feature past Eurovision participants. The show will also look at the people of Europe affected by the coronavirus and aid workers who are fighting this crisis.

Diodato was set to represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam with “Fai rumore”. He was selected after winning Festival di Sanremo 2020.

Source: Eurofestival Italia, Eurovfestival News