Vadim Gennadiyevich Kazachenko, born on July 13, 1963 in Poltava, Ukrainian SSR, was a Soviet pop singer. He began his professional music career in 1985 and became known as the frontman of the group Freestyle. He released the album Все сначала in 1993, followed by Судьба in 1994. His subsequent releases included Благослови (1995), Прощай навеки (1996), and Скатертью дорога (1996). In 2007, he released the album Два берега одной судьбы, followed by ...а мне не больно! in 2011. Kazachenko received the Merited Artist of the Russian Federation award in 2011. He participated in various television shows, including the 2011 season of The Invisible Man and came second in season 2 of One to One! in 2014. In 2023, he was the first contestant eliminated in Season 4 of the Russian version of The Masked Singer.
