Make Your Mark: Cast Your Vote Now!

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.

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3,222 Responses to “Make Your Mark: Cast Your Vote Now!”

  1. zendaya says:

    hey love that comment kwamboka and kylie i love you all

  2. kwamboka says:

    hey shake it up whats up love you zendaya i wanna vote for jade how do you vote?

  3. kylie says:

    i love shake it up so much and i love the people on shake it up especilly rocky shes so funny and cece is playful and talks alot

  4. Bella says:

    I love u fans

  5. Bella says:

    My cousin lupita Rodriguez from la Pryor expired me to who I am right now!!! I love u all…

  6. macayla says:

    yea jade!!!!!!!!!!! for sure

  7. mariah says:

    JADE U CAN DO IT

  8. mariah says:

    YEA JADE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  9. mariah says:

    yea jade rocks

  10. mariah says:

    go jade

  11. mariah says:

    I love jade she is the best dancer i have ever seen yea go jade!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  12. Emily says:

    ๐Ÿ™‚

  13. Emily says:

    I love jade she is really good at dancing

  14. agi says:

    i really want to win

  15. Ali Cariava says:

    Hi,

    Zendaya and Bella I think your extra talented, by the way vote Jade!

  16. Hunter says:

    Hi guys I really love your dance moves!! But how do I vote? Really want to know! Your fan, Hunter๎Œƒ

  17. Brook says:

    how do i vote i really want to

  18. matticole says:

    i <3 zendaya she is good at dancing cece is also good to GO ZENDAYA!!!anyways i am voting for cristine and june they rock :]

  19. alexis says:

    ak squared!

  20. shuniyah says:

    hey i luv ty he iz the number 1 dime and zendaya

  21. araya says:

    i choose sam and casey 5x’s

  22. Maczilla says:

    Well I agree with what jakob said.

  23. Dominique says:

    hi Zendaya i am a big fan! i love your shows and i dance ,i am all so performing with 3 of my friends, i would llloooovvee to go to HollyWood to go met yall!!!!!!!!!!!

  24. Gabby says:

    I love dancing i dance amazingly I take dance, have professional lesson and practice all the time. I love all the dancers but I like the big group of girls that one with like 6 girls but don’t no what the name of them are.

  25. scarlett says:

    i ,3 ur moves i wish i could met u guys in person and keepi dancing i hope u make more shake it up esposdies

  26. jessica says:

    i relly want jade to winnnn

  27. jasmita says:

    i thing you should give more time to kid and poeple to make your mark i did not see it and i thing there we should have more more time to dacne and to dance in tv ……….. love the dance all ……

  28. Katie D. says:

    I want Jade from IL to win!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    VOTE FOR HER

  29. Kiara says:

    I fogot i have a question for you zendaya can you post some more fashion ideas????

  30. Kiara says:

    Hey Zendaya and bella i love your dancing i read about you in my magizines.You inspire me and my fashion luv u guys <3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  31. Nicole says:

    I really want jade to win .So gooo Jade. I think you will do great Jade. Love always Nicole

  32. Disney-Blogger says:

    Hi Ella and Jakob,

    You will be able to vote for your favorite contestant after the Disney Channel broadcasts the premiere of the Make Your Mark: Ultimate Dance Off ‘Shake It Up’ Edition on Friday, October 14th at 8:30pm ET/PT. You will be able to vote online or by text up to five times each for two hours following the broadcast. There are more details here: http://disney-blog.com/2011/10/the-ultimate-dance-off-airs-on-tv/

    Be sure to visit the official Make Your Mark website: http://makeyourmarkcds.disney.go.com/ Disney will post more details about how to vote by Friday’s premiere, so keep checking back online!

  33. jakob says:

    I VOTE JADE BUT I DONT NOW HOW TO VOTE FOR HERE

  34. jye says:

    hi rocky and cece i love your tv shows on disney and i am your number 1 fan because you two are cool

  35. jye says:

    hi rocky and cece i love your tv shows on disney and i am your number 1 fan because you two are cool

  36. naynay says:

    naynay says: jade is a realy a good d ance’re shes fun to wath on tv oh and you rock rocky and cece

  37. dylan says:

    i love shak it up ty is my fav

  38. holly says:

    i think that all them grop of girls do you thay are cuit

  39. Bella says:

    thats like so cool my name is bella and bella ismy fav from shake it up!!! ur #1 bella

  40. Ella says:

    I luv to dance, i dance at recitals with costumes and everyhing, its so much fun

  41. Ella says:

    Hey i luv u guys,so i really want jade to win how do i cast my vote in.Thanks luv ya and keep dancen

  42. destiny says:

    i,love,all,of,them,dancers,they,make,no,differences

  43. monique says:

    Hey zendaya nd belle ๐Ÿ™‚ u guys are great love <3 ur moves but i dont dance</3

  44. destiney says:

    I love aksquer

  45. keyaura says:

    got to brek out and r we to late to do one

  46. keyaura says:

    hey rocky and cece i wanted to know how to vote for jade and amir they truly do rock ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ™‚

  47. cindy says:

    i can’t wait i am happy well i can dace like bella from shake it up everyone says that

  48. cindy says:

    i wish bella and her firend sees this because i think the songs are great and they work hard fot it

  49. jasmine says:

    hi shake it up i wish i could win but u did not pick me i did 3 viedos

  50. lusinda says:

    i dance as well as jade