Declan Donnelly has revealed that he would not invite Beyonce Knowles or Gwen Stefani back on to the Saturday Night Takeaway show.Dec told the Daily Mirror that the two US singers had acted like divas while working on the show in 2006.

He said: "One person I won't be inviting back for a brown ale in Newcastle is Beyonce, who was a diva on the show."We wanted her to knock back a bottle of brown ale, but she wasn't having it, although her dad had kept saying she would do whatever we wanted.

"We know that she's got a multi-million dollar image to protect but we just wanted her to enter into the spirit of things."Dec, who co-hosts the show with Anthony McPartlin, said that Gwen Stefani had refused to make a saucy reference to biscuits on the show.

He said: "Gwen wouldn't play ball either. We wanted her to say 'ginger nuts' during a sketch. But she wouldn't - so we had to change it to 'digestives' instead."Meanwhile, Ant and Dec are going head-to-head in a music chart battle for Saturday Night Takeaway by releasing cover versions of pop songs to raise money for charity.

Ant has released a cover of the S Club & song "Don't Stop Movin'" and Dec has recorded George Michael's hit "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go".Ant told the Sun: "It's all about beating Dec, not getting a No1. I don't care where we come in the charts.If I beat him by one, even half a download, that'll do. It's victory at all costs."It's no coincidence that Dec's gone for a camper song. He's a camp man."