In the final, the jury panel selected "Hasta la vista" performed by Ruslan Alekhno as the winner.

[2] Eurofest 2008 was the national final format developed by BTRC to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008.

[4] The third stage was the final, which took place on 21 January 2008 where the votes from an expert jury determined the winner that would represent Belarus in Belgrade out of the four acts.

[8][9] The jury consisted of Mihail Finberg, Anatoly Yarmolenko, Vasily Rainchik, Yadviga Poplavskaya, Leonid Shirin, Irina Dorofeeva and Vladimir Rylatko.

An additional three qualifiers were selected from the remaining fourteen entries by the votes of jury members made up of music professionals.

The votes of jury members made up of music professionals selected the song "Hasta la vista" performed by Ruslan Alekhno as the winner.

[15] Ruslan Alekhno made several appearances across Europe to specifically promote "Hasta la vista" as the Belarusian Eurovision entry.

Between 27 February and 9 March, Ruslan Alekhno performed "Hasta la vista" during the Georgian, Greek, Lithuanian, Macedonian and Russian Eurovision national finals.

On 25 April, Alekhno performed during the UKEurovision Preview Party event which was held at the Scala Club in London, United Kingdom.

[9] According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Four" (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top nine countries from the televoting progress to the final, and a tenth qualifier was determined by the back-up juries.