We are looking into this, and are being careful with our response till we have accumulated all the facts. One thing I would want to ask of everyone, Indeed the popular votes seems to be out of wack, But why wouldn't you do as Baddoge did and get it out to as many people as possible? We see posts on Social media about vote for this or check that our, give us five stars etc for all sorts of things.
We have done many many contests in the past and we could get people complaining we where unfair when it was judged by us and not popular vote. I am working on the official response right now and will link it here. I am also working on the next contest. and your input on what to improve is of great value so keep it coming.