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.
VOTTE for kaylie
not like love kaylie shes awsome
I VOTE KAYLIE
I love kaylies moves I VOTE KAYLIE
kaylie i vote kaylie she rock loe her out fit to
i vote kaylie shes got the moves i would like her to win
i vote for paige in co you know your moves !
great job spelling mrs.mellark lol
Hi it’s tajanay just want to vote for chachi and lauren i didn’t try out but I voted and all the people who got those famous people names lose cause that’s so fake and people who didn’t vote y’all are so lame that’s all I wanted to toddles thanks for your time tajanay.
I luv the act Eva even though I don’t know u
I vote for eva
I luv shake it up when I see that a new 1 comes on I freak my favorite song is brake out I luv u guys please put me through I need this bad like zen data Coleman said when I dance all the bad things flow out of my mind I’m 10 and I wear a 10 and a half shoe size and sometime people pick on me hug fan FYI u guys rock luv holli
omg vote for kira louvar she rox!!!!!!!!!
ok Ireland i saw your video and i thought it was great your so good your a great dancer i hope you win even though i dont know you
i vote for everyone
i think i want to vote for Niaz i thought she was very AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!! and there was also somebody else but i forgot her name but i thought NIAZ was the best i vote for u !!!!!!!!!!!!!
i really want to vote for cortney and my friend josette posted her video so i will vote for her too so i pick both
i posted a video and i will vote for corney and i will say vote for me
I really love dancing and this is my passion!!!
Please vote Alyssa
hey guys hope you vote for us!!!!!!!!
It was fun
i love dancing, it expresses ur fellings. I AM SURE TO WIN!!!
I am sure 2 win, i have no experience but, A LOTA PRACTICE!!!! AMERICA VOTE FOR ME!!!!
i really want to be on shake it up because i’m a great dancer.
i been practicing everyday even though i already submitted my photo so please vote for me please i really need this love all my fans so vote for me if i could i will repay you with my potential THANKS
hi Cece and Rocky i whacht shake it up every day can you please i need to win because i won’t to help the homeless people because they need homes just like we have homes they need homes to and Rocky can you ask Duse can he marry me and Ty and gutria Flyn thank you.
i just wanted to say for people to vote for me too My Name is Keke im 10 going to 11 in august the 30th and the reason why i wanted to do this is because I’ve started dancing ever since i was two well its a long story and if you guys vote i would really appreciate it Thx!
vote for me because i been dance for 6 years
I HOPE I WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LIKE IF I DON’T WIN I WOULD BE SO SAD BECAUSE THE ONLY THING I WATCH IS SHAKE IT UP AND WHEN ITS NOT ON I GO ON DISNEY ON DEMAND AND WATCH THERE SHOWS OVER AND OVER AGAIN I LOVE THERE SHOWS I REALLY DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I MEAN LIKE I LOOK UP TO BELLA AND ZENDAYA I PRACTICE MY DANCING RIGHT WHEN I WAKE EVEN IF IM NOT THAT GOOD YET AND EVEN IF I WONT BE AS GOOD AS ZENDAYA AND BELLA I WOULD ALWAYS LOVE TO DANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I HOPE U WIN GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hope u vote for me <3.<3
vote me i will tell all my famile to buy anything you guys want i promise you bella and zendaya
please vote for me i truly deserve this i be though alot and if i win my mom will be proud love all my voters and i will truly be blessed for my hard work thanks love shake it up
hi im Kylie and i submitted a video with two of my friends i would love it if you would vote for me this is what we have been focusing on for the whole summer if your in it i wish you the best luck and hope to see you in los angeles have fun and do your best and please vote for me thank you so much
love from
Kylie IN ILLINOS
Please vote for us the Brooklyn Divas ! We would be honored to have an experience like this
Please vote for me. I love your show and i want to make my mom proud. Please vote for me.
Hi I have been dancing all my life I Have not yet posted a video but I will try my best and if it’s good please vote for me! 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
I love shake it up it’s like the only thing I watch
I love shake it up that’s like the only show I watch
kyra what is your last name i think we go to schoo toghter
How do you make a video for make your mark
From:Branajah Pruitt
To:Zendaya & Belle Thorn
hii omg i love dancing like it is my life ! ive been dancing for 11 years now .. please vote for me dancing is my passion and even if i got into the semi finals i would be a happy little girl . please make my dream come true . i beg of u <3 thhank you so much 🙂
i want to win because i don’t have any friends
we really wont to win please vote for us we love to dance with some freinds please please please vote for us Please please pleease vote for us
i relly relly relly relly relly relly relly want to win please vote for me
hi my drean is to dance and i want the world to know that so please vote for me ive been dancing since i was 2 and do jazz tap contempary hip hop ballet and i just started ballroom
could you all vote for me please ive been dancing since i was 2 and i dance all around the house and im at a pro dance stodio and im on point in ballet i do jazz tap contemperary ballet hip hop and i jjust started ballroom so please vote for me
Hi everyone,
I’ve posted an FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) about the 2012 edition of Make Your Mark: Shake It Up Dance Off. I hope this answers some of your questions! http://disney-blog.com/2012/06/make-your-mark-2012-faq/
More information coming soon.
Please vote for me I would love to win I love to dance I don’t go a day without dancing not even if sick
i realy wont to do this but i realy have to win and i dont know how to do this so i think i can up load and if i know how to do it and i will give you the adrees of mine