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. Gavin says:

    dj’s mix rocks they are definitly going to win

  2. lyndsey says:

    go Starly and chris!!!!!!!!! you r awesome!!!!!!!!!!!! your hip hop dancing is incredible and i used to dance when i was little and i cant dance like that. my favorite dance was the last 1 [i think]. you make me want to dance again from your performance! when i heard u guys were picked 4 the last 3 i started jumping up and down!!!!!!!!!!!

  3. Gabriella says:

    I love dj mix……you rock

  4. anisa says:

    i vote for urban strategy for doing their best i also give a shoutout to dj’s mix wwwwwwwwhhhhhooooooaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

  5. angela says:

    DJ MIX you rocked i thought you were awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  6. taylor says:

    Dj’s mix

  7. Aniesha says:

    chris and starly

  8. juty7778 says:

    congrats djs mix!! i love you

  9. tyeisha says:

    love dj’s mix so cute

  10. Serena says:

    I luv DJ Mix, n Starley n Chris!

  11. lakysia says:

    I love u dj’s mix I vote no dj’s mix ilov u so much. They should win

  12. talia says:

    I LUV DJ CREW YEAH BUDDY

  13. cat says:

    i soooo love,djs mix!!!! they are so cute together!!! they are the winners!!!!

  14. madi says:

    i vote dj mix!!!!!

  15. vanessa says:

    i think that djmix is THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  16. Avntoine says:

    DGMIX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!andbmx5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  17. Rylee&Hunter says:

    DJ Mix is awesome!!!

  18. Jordan says:

    Team Identity

  19. carly cousins says:

    I think that bx5 should be choosen

  20. jossalyn says:

    i love djs mix is a winner!!!!!

  21. kitty says:

    DJ’S MIX!! IS AWESOME AND CUTE! U GO GIRLS

  22. miggy says:

    DJ MIXX OMGGGGGGGGGG !! they blew that stage all offff i mean they were all GREAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  23. mkwetbrook says:

    Iay the dj mix or the freaky frexiblr 2 little girls love u zendaya!!!

  24. Craig says:

    Starly and Chris

  25. Brianna R says:

    Dj mix!!!!!!! They r so good!!!

  26. Emily says:

    DJ’s mix is soooooooooooooo good there so going to win and make there mark on shake it up GO DJ’S MIX…

  27. Stephanie says:

    Dgmix

  28. Mckensie says:

    team identity

  29. Mckensie says:

    Team Identity!!!

  30. Maddy and Kattie says:

    DJ MIX ROCK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  31. jaycee says:

    dj mix is awsome!!!

  32. dominique says:

    I’M SO EXCITED TO SEE WHOS GOING TO WIN

  33. carly.c. says:

    bx 5

  34. alex says:

    go Dj mix yal lare awesome

  35. nataeshia says:

    i love dj mix soo much

  36. nataeshia says:

    i love you dj mix keep up the good work and once again i love you i wish i were you congradulations

  37. Maddy and Kattie says:

    dj mix rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  38. Christopher says:

    Starly and Chris your going to win!!

  39. dominique says:

    cant wait

  40. conner says:

    i loved Team identity!! <3 Also, DJ's mix

  41. ian says:

    i love bx5 crew their dancing just makes me want to work harder on becoming an MLB player thanks guys!

  42. Gia says:

    djs mix is the best they should win.

  43. Brianna H says:

    GO DJ MIX THEY ARE THE BEST AND MARCUS IS SO CUTE Scarlet and Chris are totally awesome Ashley was good but she should of had more Idk like speed she was to slow but my vote is Dj Mix

  44. Soph-dog says:

    I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEEEEEE DJ’S MIX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  45. DJmixfan says:

    Omg u go girlz i already know tht there gonna win go djs mix!!!!!!
    🙂

  46. sandra says:

    i pick team bx5 bc the are the bomb and they have was swagger but i salso have to go with dj’s mix

  47. Mary maxwell says:

    Ashley

  48. alyssa says:

    lov u Krista N

  49. Ella says:

    I love DJ’s mix.