Rylan, Matt Edmondson and Tesco Mary made Xtra Factor as fun as the main show

Rylan Clark-Neal and Matt Edmondson are the new hosts of The Xtra Factor and they have hit the ground running.

The hosts were so much fun they had fans tweeting with glee.

Say it softly… The new #XtraFactor might be the closest we've gotten to #Popworld in a long long time.

— David Morgan (@thisisdavid) August 27, 2016

loving how brutally honest the #xtrafactor panel are. 1000% better show with @Rylan and @MattEdmondson. Great double team! #xfactor

— KP (@ImKPTV) August 27, 2016

#XtraFactorLive is so funny why is this not on ITV1?! Total snaps to the guysððð #XtraFactor #Noice

— Sarah Harper! (@Saz_Harper) August 27, 2016

Tesco Mary is on #XtraFactor right now singing a 5ive song and I've never been so happy. This new format is better than the main show.

— IncrediblyRich (@IncrediblyRich) August 27, 2016

Even more exciting was the return of former contestant Mary Byrne, who came fifth in the 2010 series that was won by Matt Cardle, and treated the Xtra Factor audience to a rendition of 5ive’s Get On Up.