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. keren says:

    i think shake it up should stay 0n tv because it was my favourite tv show and i was heart broken to hear that it is cancelled.
    Zendaya and Bella deserve to be on television they are the stars of shake it up.

  2. sharron says:

    hey its me sharron I think I should make it because I am good at dancing ive been dancing for 8 years and I went to tayo reeds performance arts center that why and also im cool incredible I rock and im pretty that why you should vote for mis star sharron queen make your bmark for disneys princes yeeeah sincerely;sharron star to;cece rock bella zendya thgank you for all the support girls vote for me thankyou sharron yeeeah

  3. Alaysia says:

    I wish I can be on make your mark I’m a really good singer if I say so myself and others so if somebody asked me wats my wish and if I can wish three things that is wat it would be to sing on make you mark. But you might not know wat could come around your wish might come true just keep wishing and it might come true like mine maybe and yours so keep on wishing and wishing and it might come true so that’s some advise for you and your family just KEEP ON WISHING. ( Hope it comes true. ) LOVE YOU GUESS. ( Hope that’s good advise. )

  4. symari stewart says:

    If I was on make your mark im pretty sure the judges would like me, because im pretty, im talented and I would have the judges listening to wonderful beautyness,i don’t want to brag.

  5. symari stewart says:

    I mean I look just like Zendaya

  6. symari stewart says:

    Bella Thorne is really pretty!!!!!!

  7. symari stewart says:

    ZENDAYA IS MY NUMBER 1 SUPERHERO,JUST SAYING

  8. Diana says:

    I want to enter Make Your Mark, i am a singer and a songwriter, i upload videos on youtube,
    How can i become a famous singer?
    (please Help)
    at this email adress
    dianita1234w@gmail.com

  9. emma says:

    Can we do a teen beach movie song.

  10. lecy says:

    oh man i missed it 🙁

  11. Grace says:

    Hi my name is grace!

  12. hannah says:

    I vote for hana and juila because there my cusions so vote for them and NOT dj mix

  13. lauren says:

    dj mix is perfect.I love you.

  14. Haley Cox says:

    I think they all are awesome because we all are winners nobody is a loser LOL

  15. alantashia says:

    people have fun and be good ok beybey

  16. rayvin says:

    luv yhe dancers i’ll try next year happy dancing
    follow your dreams and
    make your mark!

  17. rayvin says:

    i’ll audition next year

  18. Destiny says:

    Love

  19. Destiny says:

    I voted for dj,s mix love

  20. brooke says:

    where can i find make your mark on ?

  21. Destiny says:

    I love Justin Bieber!LOL

  22. kaysie lane baker says:

    I would vote for DJ’s mix there great at dancing and there veryvery sosososososososoososososossoso cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  23. olivia hobbs says:

    i vote for d.j mix’s because there cute and pretty and smart clever gril’s an i like therr moves becasue i can’t do those moves!!!!I LOOOOOOOOOVE YOU D.J MIX’S

  24. ashanna says:

    DJ mix you rock!

  25. ashanna says:

    i think dj mix should win

  26. jayanne says:

    hello i will vote for Elle Winter no afence but if baliey and halle alway got to do a doet they really can not sing im SORRY

  27. nasema says:

    I like both but the one I like the most has to be DJ’s mix it was hard to choose but I did!~I LOVE YOU BOTH!!!!!!<3

  28. isabella says:

    i love bella and zendaya dancing yall aer so great

  29. molly says:

    hi my name is molly Garcia and i’m voting for EllE. thank you!

  30. camari jones says:

    I LOVE DANCING ZENDAYA AND BELLA AND I WATCH SHAKE IT UP ALOTE

  31. camari jones says:

    i love daNCING AND I LOVE IVOR JONES

  32. tiffney vat says:

    JustinBiber your the best .I dont care what people say about you your. The best but I am not saying becuse your the only guy I now but you so cute and your the best singer ever.And I love your vidoe I got on my birthday.So if you did not met Usher I dont now what I would do I would probly not now eny boy singers

  33. tiffney vat says:

    hey Justin Biber I love you music and your videos. Your so talted. And your the best boy singer . becouse your the onliy boy I now thats the only reson

  34. jayne says:

    dj,s mix should win

  35. Maddy says:

    I love you zendaya and bella Thorne you are fabulous

  36. Maddy says:

    I love you bella Thorne and zendaya you are amazing dancers and faboulous singers if I could meet you I would be so happy

  37. skyla says:

    wow i love you bella thorne

  38. skyla says:

    i will want the dj’s mix to when the make your mark awards

  39. Brook says:

    I love DJs mix!!

  40. Carson says:

    DJS MIX IS AWSOME

  41. asiyah says:

    i vote for djs mix they is the bom bell thorn

  42. GENESIS says:

    I VOTE FOR DJ’S MIX

  43. Jamaari foster says:

    Bella thorn is sexy with swagg

  44. carolina says:

    i thing Dj mix thay are so much and can justinbiber come on

  45. jamar says:

    Yo DJ mix are gear but b x 5 were so cool I have a craw of may owe called street x we are so good one day we will make are mark for you hop you win next time.

  46. Jamaari foster says:

    I shouldve voted:P

  47. Jamaari foster says:

    It seems like most of us blogged at the same time

  48. nyahj. says:

    i have to pick dj mix they are awsome i realy like them they make me feel like i just want to get up and dance i know how to do a split im flexeble and im gonna sign up next year

  49. Jamaari foster says:

    Y’d u guys pick those little kids. Pyche they were awsome love them all. 🙂

  50. abbys friend says:

    hi abby what r u doing