BlizzCon 2011 Girl Costume

Blizzard announced on August 11, 2009 that Ozzy Osbourne would perform live during the 2009 BlizzCon closing ceremonies.
Television coverage
As in 2008, DIRECTV carried both days of BlizzCon 2008 as a PPV event ($39.95 for both days) for eight hours per day in both standard and high definition. Coverage started on Channel 121 and 122 HD at 2PM ET / 11AM PT on both Friday, August 21, 2009 and Saturday, August 22, 2009. All BlizzCon 2009 Pay Per View event purchasers received an exclusive "Grunty the Murloc Marine" World of Warcraft in-game pet. and had access to the online stream for no additional cost, provided they entered their DIRECTV account number into the stream site login.