Ivan Klymenko

Ivan Petrovych Klymenko (Іван Петрович Клименко; born 20 January 1987) is a Ukrainian musician, producer, and songwriter. He is known for writing several tracks that have competed to be 's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest, including the song "Stefania" which won the Eurovision Song Contest 2022.

Biography
Klymenko was born in Kyiv. Early on in his career, he was a street musician in China. Klymenko founded the band "Salto Nazad" and the label "Enko". He has worked with Kalush Orchestra, Jamala, Alyona Alyona, Jerry Heil, Kola, Skofka, Kozak Siromaha and is the author of more than 300 tracks, including Ukrainian-language singles by Dorofeeva, "Chuty Himn" (Skofka), "Zori" (Kalush). As of June 2023, 20 of his songs were on the Apple Music Ukraine Top 100 chart. Klymenko invented the character of KylymMen, who has contributed to the Kalush Orchestra band.

In 2023, he became a coach on the 13th season of Holos Krainy alongside Dorofeeva, Artem Pyvovarov, and Julia Sanina, where he was the first non-singer coach on the show.

Entries in national Eurovision pre-selections
2017 2019 2022 2023 2024
 * 🇺🇦 "We Are One" by MamaRika (Ukraine 2017), 5th place (Semi-final)
 * 🇺🇦 "O, mamo!" by Salto Nazad (Ukraine 2017), 6th place
 * 🇺🇦 "2 dni" by Laud (Ukraine 2019), 4th place (Semi-final)
 * 🇺🇦 "Stefania" by Kalush Orchestra (Ukraine 2022), 2nd place
 * 🇺🇦 "When God Shut the Door" by Jerry Heil (Ukraine 2023), 3rd place
 * 🇺🇦 "Teresa & Maria" by Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil (Ukraine 2024), 1st place

Other notable songs

 * "Золотыми рыбками" - by MakSim (2015)
 * "Непохожие" - by Quest Pistols Show (2016)
 * "Вылечи мою любовь" - by Yaav (2018)
 * "Голови" - by Alyona Alyona (2018)
 * "Відчиняй" - by Alyona Alyona (2018)
 * "Падло" - by Alyona Alyona & Alina Pash (2019)
 * "Прости" - by Anna Sedokova (2021)
 * "Лише тебе" - by Anna Trincher (2021)
 * "Інь Ян" - by Monatik & Roxolana (2022)
 * "Nasze Domy" - by Kalush Orchestra & Szpaku (2022)
 * "Біля серця" - by Kola (2022)
 * "Cry For You" - by Ochman & Kalush Orchestra (2023)
 * "Bronia" - by Jerry Heil & Ochman (2023)
 * "вотсап" - by Dorofeeva (2023)
 * "Хай пишуть" - by Dorofeeva (2023)