Make Your Mark: Cast Your Vote Now!
The five week audition period for Disney Channel’s Make Your Mark: Ultimate Dance Off ‘Shake It Up’ Edition came to an end on August 3rd. More than 28,000 videos were submitted online showcasing talented young dancers from all over the United States. And now the real contest begins.
Screenshot from the Make Your Mark: Ultimate Dance Off website, image copyright Disney
It’s time for Make Your Mark fans to make their voices heard by voting online for their favorite videos as the most liked auditions of the day. Videos with a STAR under them have been chosen as featured videos by a Disney.com editor, while videos with THUMBS UP have been chosen by fans as the most liked videos of the day. Videos with the STAR and THUMBS UP are the best of the best, as voted by Disney and Make Your Mark fans!
On August 19th, the first two of six semi-finalists will be chosen, followed by two more semi-finalists on August 26th, and the final two on September 2nd. The six finalists will fly to Los Angeles to compete in an epic television event on the Disney Channel, with the grand prize winner appearing as a featured spotlight dancer on an episode of Shake It Up!
Screenshot from the Make Your Mark: Ultimate Dance Off website, image copyright Disney
The audition videos that were recorded at one of the five city events (Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Atlanta, Detroit) are easy to spot as the dancers are performing on a professional Shake It Up stage, complete with flashing lights and a shiny dance floor. The dancers are having such a great time that it made me think, wouldn’t Shake It Up be an excellent addition to the Hollywood Studios Theme Park at the Disney World Resort?
If Make Your Mark were to become a new attraction at Hollywood Studios, it could be a dance competition similar to the American Idol Experience with dancers performing in a series of elimination rounds leading up to a grand finale. Or it could be an interactive, Disney Quest-style attraction utilizing green screen technology so that a dancer’s performance on the stage could be digitally integrated into an episode of Shake It Up. Then Disney could offer the dancer a customized video of their simulated Shake It Up appearance – for a price, of course!
Screenshot from the Make Your Mark: Ultimate Dance Off website, image copyright Disney
As an aside, I was annoyed by the Make Your Mark website tonight when I was browsing the audition videos and ended up having to sit through a video ad for Best Western. I’ve never seen non-Disney video ads on Disney sites before, and the ad intrusion wasn’t only out of place, it was illogical. The bulk of the Make Your Mark visitors are kids (8-16 years old) who are there to check out their own videos and vote for their favorites. I’d like to think they’re not the ones choosing the hotel chain for their next family vacation.
AK2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YALL ROCK AT DANCING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’M SOOOO JEALOUS OF YALL BUT I LOVE U 2!!!!!!!!!!!
AKSUARE BABY WIN YOUR THE BEST 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 <3
JADE U HAVE 2 WIN NO KIDDING YOUR STYLE IS LAYED BACK BUT STILL FIERSE
I love Amir
I can’t wait too seee who will win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
I looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooov Jade so much she is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cool and she was a gooooooooooooooooooood DANCER
i vote for Sam&Casey
look out people there ready to make there mark
good luck ak2 and Amir
i sooooo want AK squared to win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I VOTE JADE
Amir was the best vote for Amir 🙂
WOW! Rock on AKsquared!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AK2 ALL THE WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
jade!!jade!!jade!! and amir
i sooooo want AK squared to win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
VOTE AKSQUARED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE THERE DANCES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! VOTE THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jade i like your stile…….,girl it was CUUUUUUUUUUTTTTEE….lol!
Amir he was great !!!!!
WHO EVER DOSENT VOTE FOR AK WILL BE THE DUMEST PEOPLE ON EARTH SOOOOO VOTE FOR AK GO AK GO AK GO AK
Jade
i cant decide between amir and ak2 so allllllllllllllllllllllllll i have to say is gooooooooooooooooooooooooooood luck
p.s. you guys really expiare me to dace
I pick Amir
omg im voting for amir and sam and casey u guys are awesome love you !!!!!!!!
i like the AKSQARE they are the best out of all.
So i vote for them.Cause they did a dance about
summer so of cours i would like them.
If you did not like summer i would say WOW.
Who would not like summer. well i know
that a lot of peopl love summer cause there is
no school.
I WANT AKSQUARED TO WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU GUYS MOVES AND I WISH I CAN BE LIKE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOPE YOU GUYS WIN BUT I KNOW U GUYS WILL I BELIEVE IN YOU GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO AKSQUARED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jade i love the way u daced on tv and, how u hid behind the bench LOL!
i think u should pick ak squared because they brought it to the stage. The outfits was FABULOUS. I would love to be one of them.
YOUR DANCE WAS THE BOME I WHATED FOR A MONTH TO SEE IT AND IT WAS WORTH IT
jade !!!they blew me away i hope they win !!
jade
and amir and ak
jade u can dance jade shout out
Ak square I want you to win!!!!
i pick amir,because i love his dance moves so does me sister
Amir he took my breath away hes on fire !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :):):):):)
jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaadddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee is th bomb. she remind me of me. im 12
my vote is for jade !! she was great !!! 😉 i am a fan !!!
I Vote For Jade! She is a awesome dancer……
aksquare!!! they blew me away i hope they win !!
U GUYS KICKED BUT U GUYS WERE THE BEST OF ALL IVE NEVER SEEN SUTCH GOOD DANCERS BEFORE IN MY LIFE AND JUST SAYING IM GLADD SCHOOL IS OUT LOL
amir you were good no you were amazing
I love there talent i wish the best for them.
PLEASE PICK THEM I LOVE THEM THAY HAD A GRATE DANCE PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Amir!!!! and jade
IIIIIIIIIIII WANTTTTTTTTTTTTT AKSQUARED I LOVE U GUYS U KICKED BUT ON STAGE YOUU INSPIER US I WHANT YOUU TO WINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
aksquare i love your moves and your out fits are amazing
i love jade 🙂
ak squared!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! june and christina
my vote was jade, because she had an amazing dance
i pick amir ,me and my fam love u