Democracy in Singapore is screwed up. Discuss.

How liberating. I ponned the last day of school, after never done so prior to that. Was changed and ready to go, until my inner voice told me this would be the last ever time I get to cut class, and "reason" won in the end.
Won't bore you with details of me studying here, suffice to say it was heartily interspaced with plenty of naps.
I must write this observation down. After seeing the results of the voting in Singapore Idol, I think it would be safe to say that democracy in Singapore needs a lot of work.
First off, addressing the problem of people who can actually sing getting voted off instead of those who pretend to be singing, let's assume a simple model. Out of the Singapore population, assuming that 40% don't vote because they have imperfect information or lack the ability to do so, eg. they don't watch the show at all or they cannot afford to vote. Continuing on, we assume that another 30% are those armchair critics, who watch the show but do not feel compelled to vote, for what reasons I'll touch on later. Then take another 15% who feel motivated enough to vote, but vote in small denominations, let's say less than 5 times. The final 15% are strong and avid voters, who would vote in larger denominations, possibly due to the fact they wish to support their friends/family members/relatives.
Taking this model, if it was an election, it is unconsituitional to form a government where only 30% of the population voted. So the results should not be upheld as they wouldn't form the majority opinion.
In addition, the last 15% that had voted a lot of times are not governed by the most important aspect of democracy, impartiality. They definately have a motive in voting for a certain person, which may and is likely to run counter to the idea of voting for what you think is the best idol.
To make the case more damming, the penultimate 15%, which voted impartially, would be drowned out by the last 15%, thus they would make little impact on standings.
Another point made is that voting ability is affected by affluence as well, so it seems like market forces are at work here, where dollar votes dictate.
Thus, I think there would be enough evidence to conclude that the Singapore Idol voting system is flawed.
Why is it flawed? I offer some insights:
1) Imperfect information, or to be put it bluntly, lack of an enlightened nation that doesn't vote in terms of talent or is unable to recognise talent.
2) Voting on wrong basis. One should only vote for a person if he or she deems the person worthy enough to stay in the competition, not because he or she is good looking/ is your friend/ is your eye candy.
3) Apathy. The portion of the pouplation that may or may not recognise talent do not vote and therefore do not make any difference. This may be due to many reasons, like they don't vote as they assume the next person would, do not feel enough to vote or would rather spend the 50 cents elsewhere.
4) Duplication. One person is entitled to infinite number of votes, so with a lot of thumbwork and money, it is possible for one person to influence the results. Which sickens me to the core.
I believe that Mediacorp should reduce the number of votes per number to 4 only, thus it reduces the likelihood that an interest group can influence the results with their endless texting. Also, the population of Singapore should vote according to the main objective of voting, which is vote in who you deem is worthy to come back, and not due to other reasons. Lastly, it would really really REALLY help if Singaporeans become more enlightened and don't vote irresponsibly. There are no walkovers here.