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 want DJ Mix to win because they are good dancers and deserve to win!!!!
GIRLS U HAVE A DERAM ON YOUR WAY AND I KNOW U CAN MAKE YOUR MARKE GIRLS GO FOR IT LOVE U ALL
i want dj mix to win they are so good and awesome they can stryt there stuff on that dance stage!!!!!!!!
Starley and Chris you guys work so well together.
yours truly Maria. Xoxoxo
dj mix win win win rok that stage girls
Go DJ Mix!!!!!!!!!! you guys are SOOOOO AWESOME!!!!!!! <3 u guys!!!!!
bb and cc … there the greatest …..
i vote for dj mix there so cute and flexible and i wish i could do what they do GOOD LUCK DJ MIX
I want B X 5 CREW TO WIN GO
dear dj,s mix you are awesome i wish i can dance like you i hope you win you guys are the most flexible girls i ever saw make your mark love you from alani
Dj mix is going to win
I hope dj mix wins Go girls
i hope dj will win cus my name is dj
I hope D.J mix wins
I hope d.j mix win 🙂
dear: DJ MIX YOU GIRLS ROCK THE WORLD I MEAN YOU WHERE SO GOOD OUT THERE IN FRONT OF ALL THOSE PEOPLE AND ME WELL I AM A RAPER AT THE YMCA YOU KNOW YMRICH KIDS BUT YOU ARE SO GOOD THAT IF ONE OF THE STARS NEEDED SOME DANCEER THEY WILL PICK YOU GUYS YOU GAVE IT YOUR ALL YOU SHOW LOVE TO EACH OTHER YOU MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY THAT IS WHY I AM VOTING FOR YOU GIRLS. ROCK ON FLEXIBLE I REALLY WANT YOU TWO GIRLS TO WIN SO THAT I CAN BE THE LUCKYIES BOY IN THE WORLD HOPE YOU GOOD LUCK ON THE CHAMPINSHIPS. LOVE; QUAMAINE
bxcrew i like levi and dj mix u are good but everyone says they hope u win cuzz u are little
I Hope d.j mix win you are so awsome 🙂
dj mix you rock and im voyeing for you
HEY YOU IS GOOD I HOPE YOU WIN LOVE ALESHIANNA
I hope d.j mix wins
I would like if d.j mix to win
dj mixs hope you win:)
Hey Ashley!! You are a awesome dancer. You should totally win!!!! You rock!! My name is also Ashley Too!!!
DJS mix, You rock! You guys are like very young and you guys rocked it on stage on Friday October the 19th. keep moving! Oh and I have a tip for u guys: keep posting videos, campaighns, and try your best! I hope you guys are going to win!
Love, Brittany in 3rd grade.
I totally want D.J. Mix to win they are cccccccccccrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaazzzzzzzzzzyyyyyyyyy
flexibal! There the most flexible person I ever seen!
djs mix
Dj mix and starly and cris are great
dj, mix was the best i le uu girls i cant beliv… yall can to that and good luck
i dont want the dj mix to win staley and chris are much more better they got more talent
Hey did mix I was watching make your mark
And you were so awesome!!!You guys r so
Flexible !!!!!!!
DJ’s mix, you’re awesome! You’re super flexible and I love watching gymnastics related things. Hope you guys win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
dj mix is …….THE BEST IN THE WORLD!
TO DJS MIX
YOU GIRLS ARE THE BEST I KEPT FAST VORWADING TO YOU GIRLS… YOU GIRLS ARE THE BEST DANCERS I HAVE EVER SEEN.I WISH I WAS AS FLEXABLE AS YOU. YOU SURE DID MAKE YOUR MARK. I KNOW YOU GIRLS WILL WIN THE HOLE SHOW. YOU GIRLS ROCK THE STAGE
Go dj’s mix hope u win
b❎5 they are so awesome and cute
DJ MIX YOU ROCK LITTLER THE BETTER
While I enjoyed the performances of all the contestants, I also found them to be very sad. All of the time it took to perfect their dance routines could have been so much better served doing something more productive – something that would benefit all humanity. Instead of dance, why not learn a foreign language or improve one’s mathmatical skills? Why not help out at a soup kitchen, donate time to an animal shelter, or Disney’s Friends for Change? Entertainment has its place, but it’s no substitute for making the world a better place.
Besides, Ashley got robbed!
DJS MIX!!!!!! HOPE YOU WIN YOU CAN DO IT BY THE WAY YOUR THE BEST DANCER WOOHOO DJS MIX DJS MIX DJS MIX DJS MIX EVERY ONE
Djs mix need to win and I live in Arizona
i really liked the djs mix hope they win woohoo djs mix
I hope djsmix wins there awesome
hope djsmix wins
I hope DJ’s Mix wins because they are sssssssuuuuuuuuupppppppeeeeeerrrrrrrr flexible!
for real win
hope djs mix wins becuse you roked .
ps;win
D.J mix wins I well b the happiest girl alive they are awesome
Hey djs mix hope you guys win
Dear.Starley and Chris
you guys rock i hoe that you guys win,i wish i can do that in just one snap that fast,ohh and you guys are asome!!! ohh and dont be scared ok.
Love,Paulina.Y.F.A.
I like how you dance and I know you are going to win!!And MAKE YOUR MARK!!!!!