I just found a mistake in "conflation" of like votes ... maximum votes for a contestant were 8, therefore, the value of each vote was 5 and not 2.5
Revised result is as under .... Sal is still the winner, of course ..
When I talked to Fouad Bhai on phone, he was undecided on whether "one prize for winner" or "three prizes for the first, second and third positions" ... He went into "Standbye" mode for this decision :D:D:D