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.
Ok I was going to vote for Amir but then I saw in round 2 Casey and Sam and they are my true inspiration even if you dont win you keep doing what you do and you will get sOmewhere…… I voted for you 5 times ….. Love you <3<3<3
Amir….you are good!!!
I LOVE AKSQUARRD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BEST DANCE CROO RVER
i love the ak squared they are awesome???????
#1 akSQARED
i love AK squared better because they really did give 125 percent and rocked the stage!!!!!!!!plz win!!!
i vote for aksquare yayaya aksquare!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
COULDN’T FIND WHERE I WAS SUPPOSED TO VOTE! HELP! WENT TO THE WEBSITE IT SAID TO GO TO AND IT WENT TO THE SHAKE-IT-UP WEBSITE!! 🙁
ak squre blowed my mind on the stage i loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee how they danceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
AKsquare you are the best and I like your moves and your outfits that you wore today.
AKSquared they definitly I think they really worked hard I could feel there passion just keep doing what you do I want to meet you in person email me
amir #1
I vote for either Jade or Amir!!!!!!! Gooood Luccckkk to both of yall luv ya
VOTE FOR U SRRY
Ak squared was one of the best dancing preformances i have ever seen i hope u WI!!:)
AKsquared I’m ur fan!!!!!!!!!!!!!! u rock!!!!!!!!!!!!
if i saw amir i would really be exited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A K squared are cool i vote them
AKsquared!!!!
me and my sister vote for ak squared.
I loved AKsquared !!!
i vote for aksqured i love how you dance yaaaa!!!!!!
go ak squre
they were amazing and so good
I LOVE YOU AKsqued U ROCK YOUR DANCE WAS JUST GREAT IT BLEW MY MIND IT WAS AWSOME U SHOULD WIN U ROCKED I LIKE WAT U WERE WEARING IT WAS MY KIND OF STYEL I AM TELLING U GUYS JUST ROCK AND I AM A FAN REALLY I AM. I WILL VOTE FOR U AKsqaued I WILL I DONT KNOW HOW U MADE YOUR DANCE MOVES LOOK SO GREAT BUT U DID U REALLY JUST DID GREAT I LOVED IT I AM GOING TO TELL ALL MY FRIENDS THAT I AM A FAN OF AKsqared I WILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*****************************************************************************************<3 <3 <3<3<3<3 I LOVE U YEAH
i pick jade cause shes talented her name is named after mine and shes adorable.
june and kristan rocked i loved there hats!
ak square rocked the stage
if i would see him in person i would give him a big round of a plase
great job
I realy love shake it up i watch it 247 and Selena was so great. Good luck AK Suqad
AKsquaired!!!!
Of course I vote for sam and casey!!!
AKsquared!!!
me and my sis vote for ak squared.
ak square to win
AK Square wow i just saw you you guys ROCK that stage……i vote for you !
Amire Rocks he’s the best
i vote for AKsquared there so awlsome i like the one with the trash cans schools out
Amir!!!!
Amir by a long, shot he rocks go Amir!
i like amir better because he focued on wat he was werried aboutjust how he wouldn”t drop any thing and he nalled it!
i vote 4 A.K. SQUARE
i think AKSQUERD will win cuz there the best but AMIR is really cute but my vote would have to go to AKSQUERD
AKsquare was awsome i saw good cooperation and they danced amazingly.i will vote 4 them!!!!!!
AK square u shined above all
Amire rocks he’s the best.
Just watched make your make on tv and wanted to say AK2 was amazing 🙂
Christine and June
i vote for aksquared they were the bomb.
Jade, Casy And Sam, Or Amir