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.
i vote for starley and chris u guys r fye keep u[ the good work
I vote for team arizona you girls rock good luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Justin Bieber wlii you marry me please oh wait propose to Selena Gomez you guys so cute togehter no joke is that a yes Justin(babe)
Justin Bieber is so cute I feel so bad he pucked on stage poor baby.
I can’t wait to see they rock. Selena Gomez And Justin Bieber it is going to be awesome
all of them r good dancers i just cant choose one
i want the urban dudes to win
they are all good dancers and they are all brave, but i really hope that the dj mix girls win, they have strong hearts and i wish them the best of luck i hope every one else does too.
i hope urban extreme wins
watch Abigail and her crew they are the best they are going to win!
watch Abigail and her crew they are the best the are going to win
I wish all of them wins but I guess only one
Bx5 are the best dancer’s ever!
all of the people is gooddddd
I watch make you mark year bella You are a Reader good. I’am to
You should let people who win hangout with you see how your day at going seem like nice girls Bella are good reader I’am to. Bye
but win some win make your mark you should let them hangout with. You like see how life going and see how your day are you sound like nice girl.
i love all the ppl who ever wins im happy 4!!! lov u zendaya bella and slena!!!!!! rock on disney
I don’t know which one I like, there’ re all great
dj picks will win thet got talent
ooo…i am so scared i dont know who’s gonna win
i really don’t know who will win but it should be some that exporeise of dancing.and ya’ll should do a singing contest cause i would rock the stage i love you rocky and cece
next time i’m going to win never mind about the finalist i’m going to proof you guys wrong watch out for me guys and girls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You guys are all amazing dancers! I wish I could dance as you guys, because you are awesome! Good luck to all of you!
I love team identity they are awesome and all of them are awesom
i love shake it up haters stop stalking and start loving oh yeah go urban extreme i vote for them and d j mix
Awesome videos. Great job guys.
Ya’ll rock! Hope y’all do great! Bye!
I LOVE TO BE ON SHAKE IT UP I WOUNDER IF I COULD BE ON SHAKE IT UP AND BY THE WAY I LOVE ALL THE VIDEOS ZENDAYA AND BELLA LIKES TEXT ME BACK LOL
i want so many people to win i can’t vote ahhhhhhhhhh
Chace is awesome, he is a natural in all aspects!
Diana 12 de would be a great winner! I’m voting for them.
nice moves asomeasome//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
please vote me people you guys will be surprise please im lucrecia wont let you guys down
im a really great dancer i hope im in the finalist because i will proof you guys wrong
Go Rue!!
Vote Diana,12,DE!!! They ROCK!!! And Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber I LOVE U!! And I love zendaya and Bella!!
I don’t know who to vote for their all soooooooo good!
check out zoey 8,mi having fun
LOVE THE CONTEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i hope i win if i win i will i love cc and rocky
i hope i win
i cant what to find out who will win lol
Hey guys!!!!! Diana 12 de is amazing and they are bellarinas!!!!!
Well I loved all the videos and I cant pick a favorite but all the people that made a video did a great job!!!!!!
good luck
Alison is realy making her mark
Diana!!!! Go!
love kyla 11 idaho watch her
im not picking a side im from the futere in 2012 ak skware will win