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. paige says:

    i think i vote for dj mix

  2. RACHELLE says:

    DJS MIX,ASHELY,URBAN EXTEME1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU CHER LLYOD AND DEBBY RYAN AND CARLY RAE JEPSEN

  3. craig forbes says:

    you have got to pick bx5 they are awsome

  4. cat says:

    what happen dto everyboady πŸ™ πŸ™ πŸ™ πŸ™ πŸ™ πŸ™ πŸ™ πŸ™ πŸ™

    ps imarkuis is mine ladies

  5. Mikal says:

    Starley and Chris!!!

  6. DJ'S MIX!!!! :D :D says:

    i luv how they work so well together without fittingon the dance to make up and i <3 how cute there faces are and how they have so much gut to go out there and do that at that age! GOOOOO DJ'S MIX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! πŸ˜€ πŸ˜€ πŸ˜€ πŸ˜€ πŸ˜€ ;D ;D ;D πŸ˜› πŸ˜› πŸ˜› πŸ˜› ;P ;P ;P πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚ πŸ˜‰ πŸ˜‰
    <3

  7. BRANDON says:

    ILOVEBX5PICKTHEM

  8. Rain Wuorio says:

    starley and chris and dj mix =]

  9. brycen, ALYSSA,AND BAILEY says:

    BX5 CREW
    D’J MIX

  10. carly.c. says:

    i like every body but i think bx5crew rox

  11. Waleska says:

    Omg I love all of them there better than the ones last year and its shocking how bx5group or whatever there name is are relatives with Chris and the other girl there sister. Forgot her name but still they are all great loving it

  12. Rain Wuorio says:

    dj mix and starley and chris they are super good

  13. carly.c. says:

    b x 5
    they are sooo cute and i wanna meet them
    if i did i would mabye passout

  14. Madison says:

    I vote
    -Dj-mix
    -Ashley
    -Urban extreme

    But everyone was totally awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  15. courtney says:

    Team identity !

  16. carly.c. says:

    B X 5

  17. courtney says:

    I love Chris and Stanley and urban extreme

  18. carly.c. says:

    b x 5 rules

  19. djsmixfan says:

    i love djs mix they r so cute and they can make their mark love djs mix and good luck

  20. brycen, ALYSSA,AND BAILEY says:

    TEAM IDENTEDY
    BX5 CREW
    DJ’s MIX

  21. carly.c. says:

    I really love the vids but i think i loved B TIMES 5 crew they can dance in front of people and be great still plus i know that they made me feel like i knew them but i relly likwed them !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  22. TAMYA says:

    itz between DJ Mix,Urban dance crew,Ashley.

  23. Emily says:

    Ashley, urban extreme, and dj’s mix

  24. Charles says:

    I want bx5 to win # Lets go guys i wish you luck to win!!!!!!!

  25. Nai says:

    Urban Extreme and DJ mix are two best groups. I LOVE GABRIELLE DOUGLAS!!

  26. Ashlee says:

    I pick djs mix

  27. Rain Wuorio says:

    i think all but my fav is dj mix and starly and chris… they are awsome

  28. Ino says:

    Starly and. Chris I vote for you

  29. Reagan says:

    Go Djs Mix

  30. Ashlee says:

    I pick dj mix they r awesome

  31. brycen, ALYSSA,AND BAILEY says:

    BRYCEN TEAM IDENITY

    BAILEY DJ’S MIX

    ALYSSA BX5 CREW

  32. melanie n says:

    The dj mix is AWESOME!!!!! IT was awesomewhen u saw JUSTIN BEIBER!!!!!!

  33. emily says:

    Bx5 crew love them and one of them is totally cute

  34. emily says:

    we want dj`s mix,bx5,and stanley and christ

  35. noraima says:

    I loved the group of girls:)

  36. monica says:

    GOOOOO BXY‘‘‘‘‘‘‘

  37. Ino says:

    I vote for uerben extram

  38. aracely says:

    I love DJ mix stanley and Christ and b&x5

    All the way omg pick them
    ;):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):(:(:(:(:(:(:-(:-(:-(:(:(:(:(:(:(

  39. devyn says:

    OMG dj mix is the best! i love them soooooooo much! <3

  40. Sonrie says:

    Dj mix,bx5, yeah

  41. monica says:

    NAHH‘‘‘ NEVERMIND,ITZ EITHER URBAN EXTREME OR DJS MIX

  42. Makayla R :) says:

    I think that Dj’s Mix, Urban dance crew, and It has to be … bx5 Crew ! πŸ™‚

  43. rose says:

    I <3 dj mix.They're soooooooooooooooooooooo cute and astondingly flexible!

  44. Adriana says:

    DJ mix all the way

  45. zory & gaby says:

    They are sooooooooo coooolllllll

  46. victoria hutchins says:

    dj’s mix

  47. Maisie M says:

    ASHLEY!

  48. zory & gaby says:

    We <3 dj mix stanley and christ &bx5