One Direction were on hand to help launch Simon Cowell's new online talent contest.

As previously reported, the music mogul has revealed plans to host a global search for top new talent in a number of different fields.

The You Generation project was launched yesterday (March 20) in a live broadcast on YouTube, with One Direction giving an interview.

The boyband were tasked with a number of different challenges to unearth some secret talents.

Liam Payne tried to do twenty keepie-uppies with a football in thirty seconds, completing the task on his second attempt - with a bit of playful cheating.

Zayn Malik meanwhile drew a picture of his favourite One Direction member - Louis Tomlinson.