Exhibit No. 31.1
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Form 10-KSB
BTHC VIII, Inc.
File No.  0-52232

                                  Certification

I, Timothy P. Halter, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December
   31, 2006 of BTHC VIII, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this 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 report;

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

4. The small business issuer's other certifying officer(s) 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  control
   over  financial  reporting  (as defined in Exchange Act Rules  13a-15(f)  and
   15d-15(f)) for the small business issuer 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 small business issuer,
      including  its  consolidated  subsidiaries,  is made known to us by others
      within those entities, particularly during the period in which this 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 small  business  issuer'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  small  business  issuer's
      internal  control over financial  reporting that occurred during the small
      business  issuer's most recent fiscal quarter (the small business issuer's
      fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially
      affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the small business
      issuer's internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The small business issuer's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed,
   based on our most  recent  evaluation  of  internal  control  over  financial
   reporting, to the small business issuer's auditors and the audit committee of
   the small  business  issuer'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 small business issuer'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  small  business  issuer's
      internal control over financial reporting.


Date: February 19, 2007                               By:      Timothy P. Halter
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                                                               Timothy P. Halter
                                                             Chief Executive and
                                                         Chief Financial Officer