Love Island's arguably most popular game - the baby challenge was back with a bang.

The beloved ITV dating show segment sees the couples get a surprise awakening with the sound of screaming babies in the villa.

Fans of the hit reality programme will remember that the challenge involves each pairing looking after their own baby doll and catering to all the crying, feeding and everything in between.

The islanders are then scored on their parenting skills - both by the producers and of course, us live reacting on Twitter at home.

The challenge came after Danica and Jamie were dumped from the villa after they received the least votes from the public.

Love Island fans react as baby challenge returns for 2022

The baby challenge is well known for causing more chaos than a bombshell entering the villa - and viewers couldn't get enough.

'Papa Davide', in particular, caught fans' attention when he took baby Irene on a tour of the villa, showing her the gym and the infamous terrace where his girlfriend Ekin-Su kissed Jay earlier in the series. 

As the baby cried, Davide joked: "Yes baby terrace, we do not like the terrace.

"We don't, no, let's go out."

Darlington and Stockton Times: Davide on the terrace during the baby challenge. Love Island continues tomorrow at 9pm on ITV2 and ITV Hub. Episodes are available the following morning on BritBox. Credit: ITVDavide on the terrace during the baby challenge. Love Island continues tomorrow at 9pm on ITV2 and ITV Hub. Episodes are available the following morning on BritBox. Credit: ITV

While Ekin-Su enjoyed a 'Nibble and Natter' with the fellow Love Island girls, Davide is then seen putting make-up on the doll including lipstick and blush, presumably from one of the girl's bags. 

Viewers couldn't get enough of the challenge with many of them taking to social media to share their thoughts.

One person posted:" Absolutely howling at Davide tonight on the baby challenge, comedy gold."

Many users walked down memory lane, sharing their favourite moments of the challenge over the years.

Molly Mae shouting at Tommy Fury, Chris Hughes crying over 'Cash' Hughes and the boys racing the babies in prams in 2018 were among the hall of fame moments mentioned on the social media app.

Another viewer joked: "if i did this baby challenge, mine would have ended up in the pool before the day ends."

A third chimed in, following Luca's clash with Gemma last night which saw him remove his mic and storm out the villa: "Gemma should win this challenge just for having to look after two babies today."

But the regular segment isn't popular with everyone with many viewers wishing for the show's other challenges instead.

One person posted: "We don’t want to listening to screaming babies for an hour we want the twitter challenge."

Love Island 2022 baby challenge names

Darlington and Stockton Times: Davide and Ekin-Su during the baby challenge. Love Island continues tomorrow at 9pm on ITV2 and ITV Hub. Episodes are available the following morning on BritBox. Credit: ITVDavide and Ekin-Su during the baby challenge. Love Island continues tomorrow at 9pm on ITV2 and ITV Hub. Episodes are available the following morning on BritBox. Credit: ITV

Love Island fans were desperate to see the unique names that the islanders would come up with for their dolls.

Paige didn't give Adam much of a choice, immediately choosing Adam since she liked the sound of it and rhymed with hers.

Davide and Ekin-Su settled on Irene since it's a name in both Italian and Turkish.

Tasha and Andrew settled on Freddy while Gemma convinced Luca to name their baby Rog.

Viewers were in stitches over Famia and Indiyah's initial choice 'Funke' but in the end, the pair settled for Siena.

After a day of feeding and tantrums ( and not just by the babies), the islanders were ranked on their parenting skills. 

Unsurprisingly Dami and Indiyah came out on top, blowing viewers away with their parenting skills.

When is the Love Island final 2022?

The Love Island final will take place on Monday, August 1 after eight exciting weeks in the villa.

The final will see the competition reach an end with the remaining couples finding out which of them will be named the winner and who will receive the £50,000 prize.

How many couples are in the Love Island final?

In previous years, there have been four couples in the Love Island final with the public voting for their favourite romance, before the final pairing is crowned the winner.

The winning couple's relationship is then put to the test, as they each select one of two envelopes – one of which grants the holder the full prize fund.

So far no one has decided to keep the money all to themselves, but maybe this is the year that will change.

Is the Love Island final a longer episode?

Yes, the Love Island final - like in previous seasons - will be longer than the standard episode. 

Monday's final will air from 9 pm until 10.35 on ITV 2 and ITV Hub.

Current Love Island couples 

These are the current couples in the villa:

  • Gemma Owen and Luca Bish
  • Indiyah Polack and Dami Hope
  • Paige Thorne and Adam Collard
  • Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Davide Sanclimenti
  • Tasha Ghouri and Andrew Le Page

Darlington and Stockton Times: (left to right) Andrew, Tasha, Paige and Adam. Love Island continues on Sunday at 9pm on ITV2 and ITV Hub. Episodes are available the following morning on BritBox (ITV)(left to right) Andrew, Tasha, Paige and Adam. Love Island continues on Sunday at 9pm on ITV2 and ITV Hub. Episodes are available the following morning on BritBox (ITV)

Love Island 2022 cast: Meet the Islanders

Here are the islanders currently in the villa, including the four new bombshells:

Get to know the islanders and check out their social media ahead of the new show in our explainer here.

Love Island continues on Thursday at 9 pm on ITV2 and ITV Hub. Episodes are available the following morning on BritBox.