EXHIBIT 31.1

                      CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER CERTIFICATION
                       AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302
                        OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

         I, Timothy P. Halter, certify that:

         I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K/A of BTHC VIII, Inc.;

         Based on my  knowledge,  this annual report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact  necessary to make
the statements made, in light of the  circumstances  under which such statements
were made,  not  misleading  with  respect to the period  covered by this annual
report;

         Based on my knowledge,  the financial  statements  and other  financial
information  included  in this annual  report,  fairly  present in all  material
respects the financial  condition,  results of operations  and cash flows of the
registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this annual report;

         The registrant's  other  certifying  officers and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining  disclosure  controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal controls over financial
reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and  15(d)-15(f))  for the
registrant and have:

(a)      designed  such  disclosure  controls  and  procedures  or  caused  such
         disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision
         to  ensure  that  material  information  relating  to  the  registrant,
         including its consolidated subsidiaries,  is made known to us by others
         within  those  entities,  particularly  during the period in which this
         annual report is being prepared;

(b)      designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such
         internal  control over  financial  reporting  to be designed  under our
         supervision,  to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability
         of financial reporting and the preparation of financial  statements for
         external  purposes in accordance  with  generally  accepted  accounting
         principles;

(c)      evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and
         procedures  and  presented  in this  report our  conclusions  about the
         effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures,  as of the end
         of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d)      disclosed  in this  report  any  change  in the  registrant's  internal
         control over financial  reporting that occurred during the registrant's
         most recent fiscal quarter (the  registrant's  fourth fiscal quarter in
         the case of an  annual  report)  that has  materially  affected,  or is
         reasonably  likely to  materially  affect,  the  registrant's  internal
         control over financial reporting; and

         The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed,  based
on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial  reporting,  to
the registrant's  auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's  board of
directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)      all significant  deficiencies and material  weaknesses in the design or
         operation  of  internal  control  over  financial  reporting  which are
         reasonably  likely to  adversely  affect  the  registrant's  ability to
         record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b)      any fraud,  whether or not material,  that involves management or other
         employees  who have a  significant  role in the  registrant's  internal
         control over financial reporting.

Date:  August 13, 2008


                           By:  /s/ Timothy P. Halter
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                                Timothy P. Halter, Chairman, President and Chief
                                Executive Officer