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.
Go aksquared you did amazing
I hope u won AK square. U guys are awesome I wish I could dance like u
You did great aksquared you guys are awesome! <(")
I’m gonna make jade win I’m gonna call all my friends so they can make her win
good job ameir i love you hahaha 🙂
christine and june are the best
ja ja i want you to win your the best aunt ever
i want jade to win soooo bad
i LOVE Casey and Sam!!!!!
casey and sam BETTER win they r the best dancers i’ve ever seen!!!!!!!!!!
Arjang, iwant u too win!!!! <3
oh aksquare my friend said to vote for you and to tell you may god bless you for the rest of your life as you live
ok im going to tell the truth i liked all the dancers you rocked,and if you didnt win dont worry because your always a winner in the inside because god says everyone is special in their own way by the way Amir your mmmmmmmm.
Good job ak squared!I voted for you from the beginning!!!!!!
jade you were awsome to and do you know i have a friend named jade and she looks like you.
hi mimi you dont know me but aksqured won yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Who won Im so confused
i voted for you jade love you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i love you jade text me on the computer on this if you get a chance i saw you dancing on the show make your mark go girl swimming like a pro!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jade i really wanted you to win because you are a great dancer but you didn’t but that’s okay because i still love you no matter what!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Also good job ak square ya’ll danced really good also love ya’ll !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!i live in Dallas Texas BYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i loveeeeeeeeeeee AKsquared!!!!!!!! They r soooooooooooooo HOT!!!! I told all my friends 2 vote 4 them and they won yayay!!!!!!!!!!!! P.S.I am a boy and AKsquared if u read this text me!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1318-306-1626
hey akscare hope you won im goinging to wach the show
i knew ak squared would have won .im so happy because i voted for ak squared they were great yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!YOU WON CONGRATS
good job ak squared!!!! good job to arjang for winning the jacket!!!!
JADE IM LAteee i really really wanted u 2 win and u r really pretty and a great dancer and u smile alo and i think u would be a great friend of mine and i would never let u down ummm some time lets meet up just to let u knoe im from minnesota and age 9 byeeee
good job ak squared i love you i voted for you
yay!!! ak squared won… good try Jade!! I still love you!!!!!!!! you inspire millions of teens including me!!!! im 14!!!
I also wanted Jade or Arjang, all the dancers were AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I vote for Jade.
I can’t believe ak squared won! I wanted Casey&Sam but they were really good, too!
yay!!! ak squared won
jade i say jade my friend even say jade all of my 70 friends cuz im in high skool they say jade i took a vote
Cristine & June (: Good luck girls. Love from Puerto Rico. <333
go ak squared
– JADE all they wayy !!!
jade i love you i no u will win we all do u rock they betta pik u i love u jade
jade you will win we know it
jade you will win we know it
jade i no u will win
i mean jade not de
de i know youll win i love you they betta pik u cuz u have a passion for dancing
WOW!….They were really great out there.
jade i love you i hope you win you rock at dancing your my fav i love you your amazing you have a passion dancing i know youll win your the best dancer eva lov you knoe your goin to win
GOOD JOB KRISTIN AND JUNE
GOOD JOB JAMIE
GOOD JOB ACEY SQUARE
GOOD JOB AMEIR
GO DANCERS
I love all the dancers, they do a great job i really think they were good with china ann miclan ALL THE DANCERS DID ASOME
Aksuare I love you and know you will win!!!!!!! I hope you do!!!!