As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 16, 2008
                                                         Registration No._______

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                        UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                             FIRST ADVANTAGE BANCORP
             (exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

            TENNESSEE                                    26-0401680
            ---------                                    ----------
  (State or other jurisdiction of              (IRS Employer Identification No.)
   incorporation or organization)

                               1430 MADISON STREET
                              CLARKSVILLE, TN 37040
                                 (931) 552-6176
               (Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
        including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

                             FIRST ADVANTAGE BANCORP
                           2008 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
                            (Full Title of the Plan)

Earl O. Bradley, III                                Gary Bronstein
Chief Executive Officer                             Victor Cangelosi
First Advantage Bancorp                             Kilpatrick Stockton  LLP
1430 Madison Street                                 607 14th Street, NW
Clarksville, TN  37040                              Washington, D.C. 20005-2018
(931) 552-6176                                      (202) 508-5856
            (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
                   including area code, of agent for service)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See
the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller
reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.


                                                                          
Large accelerated filer [ ]                                                  Accelerated filer   [ ]
Non-accelerated filer [ ]  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)     Smaller reporting company |X|

                                      CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

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 Title of Securities to       Amount to be          Proposed Maximum       Proposed Maximum           Amount of
     be Registered           Registered (1)        Offering Price Per     Aggregate Offering      Registration Fee
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      Common Stock
    $0.01 par value            737,055 (2)             $12.43(3)            $9,161,594                   $361
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(1)  Together with an indeterminate number of additional shares which may be
     necessary to adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to
     the First Advantage Bancorp 2008 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan") as the
     result of a stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment to the
     outstanding common stock of First Advantage Bancorp (the "Common Stock")
     pursuant to 17 C.F.R. ss.230.416(a).
(2)  Represents 526,468 shares which may be issued upon the exercise of options
     to purchase shares of the Common Stock under the Plan and 210,587 shares
     which may be issued upon the vesting of stock awards.
(3)  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. The
     closing price for the common stock as reported on June 12, 2008 in
     accordance with 17 CFR Section 230.457(c).

THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UPON FILING IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(A) OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
"SECURITIES ACT"), AND 17 C.F.R. SECTION 230.462




FIRST ADVANTAGE BANCORP

PART I  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS

ITEMS 1 & 2. The documents containing the information for the First Advantage
Bancorp 2008 Equity Incentive Plan specified by Part I of this Registration
Statement will be sent or given to the participants in the Plan as specified by
Rule 428(b)(1). Such documents need not be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC") either as a part of this Registration Statement
or as a prospectus or prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule 424 in reliance on
Rule 428. Such documents and the information incorporated by reference pursuant
to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute
a prospectus for the Registration Statement.

PART II  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference

         The following documents filed or to be filed by First Advantage Bancorp
(the "Registrant" or the "Corporation") with the SEC are incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement:

         (a) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2007, which includes the consolidated balance sheets of First
Advantage Bancorp as of December 31, 2007 and 2006 and the related consolidated
statements of operations, changes in stockholder's equity and cash flows for the
years then ended. The 10-K was filed with the SEC on March 20, 2008 (File No.
001-33682).

         (b) The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC
on May 8, 2008 for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2008 (File No. 001-33682).

         (c) The description of the Registrant's common stock contained in
Registrant's Form 8-A12B (File No. 001-33682), as filed with the SEC pursuant to
Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), and
Rule 12b-15 promulgated thereunder, on August 31, 2007.

         (d) All the documents filed by the Registrant and the Plan, where
applicable, pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act
after the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters
all securities then remaining unsold.

         ANY STATEMENT CONTAINED IN THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT, OR IN A
DOCUMENT INCORPORATED OR DEEMED TO BE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE HEREIN, SHALL BE
DEEMED TO BE MODIFIED OR SUPERSEDED FOR PURPOSES OF THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT
TO THE EXTENT THAT A STATEMENT CONTAINED HEREIN, OR IN ANY OTHER SUBSEQUENTLY
FILED DOCUMENT WHICH ALSO IS INCORPORATED OR DEEMED TO BE INCORPORATED BY
REFERENCE HEREIN, MODIFIES OR SUPERSEDES SUCH STATEMENT. ANY SUCH STATEMENT SO
MODIFIED OR SUPERSEDED SHALL NOT BE DEEMED, EXCEPT AS SO MODIFIED OR SUPERSEDED,
TO CONSTITUTE A PART OF THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT.



Item 4.  Description of Securities

         The Common Stock to be offered pursuant to the Plan has been registered
pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act. Accordingly, a description of the
Common Stock is not required herein.

ITEM 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

         None.

ITEM 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

         Article X of the Registrant's Charter provides:

         A director of this Corporation shall not be personally liable to the
Corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary
duty as a director, except for liability: (i) for any breach of the director's
duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its shareholders; (ii) for acts or
omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing
violation of law; or (iii) for unlawful distributions under Section 48-18-304 of
the TBCA. If the TBCA is amended to authorize corporate action further
eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability
of a director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest
extent permitted by the TBCA, as so amended.

         Any repeal or modification of the foregoing paragraph by the
shareholders of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any right or
protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal
or modification.

         In addition, Article XI of the Registrant's Charter provides:

         (A) Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made
a party to or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a "proceeding"),
by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or an officer of the
Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an
employee benefit plan, and (1) he or she conducted himself in good faith, (2) he
or she reasonably believed, (a) in the case of conduct in his official capacity
with the Corporation, that his or her conduct was in the Corporation's best
interest and, (b) in all other cases, that his or her conduct was at least not
opposed to the Corporation's best interest, and (3) in the case of any criminal
proceeding, he or she had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was
unlawful (hereinafter an "indemnitee"), whether the basis of such proceeding is
alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent
or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee or
agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest
extent authorized by the TBCA, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended
(but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment
permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than such law
permitted the Corporation to provide before such amendment), against all
expense, liability and loss (including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, ERISA
excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or
suffered by such indemnitee in connection therewith; provided, however, that,
except as provided in Section (C) hereof with respect to proceedings to enforce
rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall indemnify any such indemnitee
in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such indemnitee
only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of
Directors of the Corporation.

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         (B) The right to indemnification conferred in Section A of this Article
XI shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred
in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition
(hereinafter an "advancement of expenses"); provided, however, that, if the TBCA
requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by an indemnitee in his or her
capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which
service was or is rendered by such indemnitee, including, without limitation,
services to an employee benefit plan) shall be made upon (1) delivery to the
Corporation of an undertaking (hereinafter an "undertaking"), by or on behalf of
such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be
determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to
appeal (hereinafter a "final adjudication") that such indemnitee is not entitled
to be indemnified for such expenses under this Section or otherwise, (2)
delivery to the Corporation, by or on behalf of such indemnitee, of a written
affirmation of his or her good faith belief that he or she has met the standard
of conduct set forth in Section A of this Article XI, and (3) a determination
that the facts would not preclude indemnification under this Article XI.

         The determination shall be made (a) by the Board of Directors by
majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors not at the time parties to the
proceeding, (b) if a quorum cannot be obtained under the preceding clause, by
majority vote of a committee duly designated by the Board of Directors (in which
designation directors who are parties may participate), consisting solely of two
(2) or more directors not at the time parties to the proceeding, (c) by
independent special legal counsel, (i) selected by the Board of Directors or its
committee in the manner described in clause (a) or (b) of this paragraph, or
(ii) if a quorum of the board cannot be obtained under clause (a) or (b) of this
paragraph, selected by a majority vote of the full Board of Directors (in which
selection directors who are parties may participate) or; (d) by the
shareholders, but shares owned by or voted under the control of directors who
are at the time parties to the proceeding may not be voted on the determination.

         The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses
conferred in Sections (A) and (B) of this Article XI shall be contract rights
and such rights shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a
director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the
indemnitee's heirs, executors and administrators.

         (C) If a claim under Section (A) or (B) of this Article XI is not paid
in full by the Corporation within sixty (60) days after a written claim has been
received by the Corporation, except in the case of a claim for an advancement of
expenses, in which case the applicable period shall be twenty (20) days, the
indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to
recover the unpaid amount of the claim. If successful in whole or in part in any
such suit, or in a suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of
expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the indemnitee shall be
entitled to be paid also the expenses of prosecuting or defending such suit. In
(1) any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification
hereunder (but not in a suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to an
advancement of expenses) it shall be a defense that, and (2) in any suit by the
Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an
undertaking the Corporation shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a
final adjudication that, the indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for
indemnification set forth in the TBCA. Authorization of indemnification and
evaluation as to reasonableness of expenses shall be made in the same manner as
the determination that indemnification is permissible, except that if the
determination is made by special legal counsel, authorization of indemnification
and evaluation as to reasonableness of expenses shall be made by those entitled
to select counsel under clause (c) of the second paragraph of Section (B). In
any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification or to
an advancement of expenses hereunder, or by the Corporation to recover an
advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of
proving that the indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such
advancement of expenses, under this Article XI or otherwise shall be on the
Corporation.

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         (D) The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses
conferred in this Article XI shall not be exclusive of any other right which any
person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, this Charter, Bylaws,
agreement, vote of shareholders or Disinterested Directors, as defined in
Article XIII of this Charter, or otherwise.

         (E) The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect
itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or
subsidiary or affiliate or another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not
the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such
expense, liability or loss under the TBCA.

         (F) The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by
the Board of Directors, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement
of expenses to any employee or agent of the Corporation to the fullest extent of
the provisions of this Article XI with respect to the indemnification and
advancement of expenses of directors and officers of the Corporation.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed

         None.

Item 8.  Exhibits

         The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into
this registration statement on Form S-8 (numbering corresponds generally to the
Exhibit Table in Item 601 of Regulation S-K).


         List of Exhibits (filed herewith unless otherwise noted):

                 
           5.0      Opinion of Kilpatrick Stockton LLP as to the legality of the common stock to be issued
           10.1     First Advantage Bancorp 2008 Equity Incentive Plan (1)
           10.2     Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement
           10.3     Form of Incentive Stock Award Agreement
           10.4     Form of Non-Statutory Stock Option Award Agreement
           23.1     Consent of Kilpatrick Stockton LLP (contained in the opinion included in Exhibit 5)
           23.2     Consent of BKD LLP
           24.0     Power of Attorney (contained on the signature pages).
           --------------------
           (1)  Incorporated herein by reference to Appendix A in the definitive
                proxy statement filed with the SEC on May 8, 2008 (File No.
                001-33682).


Item 9.  Undertakings

         The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

         (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

              (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3)of the
Securities Act of 1933;

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              (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the volume
of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not
exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in
the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent
change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and

              (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
material change to such information in the registration statement.

         PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this
section do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed or
furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission by the registrant pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.

         (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof; and

         (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.

         The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.

         (c)-(g) Not applicable.

         (h) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the Registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of the SEC, such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in such Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid
by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer
or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification by it is against
public policy as expressed in such Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.


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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, First
Advantage Bancorp certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Clarksville, State of Tennessee on
June 16, 2008.


                             FIRST ADVANTAGE BANCORP


                             By: /s/ Earl O. Bradley, III
                                 ----------------------------------------
                                 Earl O. Bradley, III
                                 Chief Executive Officer and Director
                                 (principal executive officer)


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENT, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Earl O. Bradley, III, as the true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign any
or all amendments to the Form S-8 registration statement, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and things requisite and necessary to be done as fully, and to all
intents and purposes, as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.



       Name                                           Title                                  Date
       ----                                           -----                                  ----

                                                                                            
/s/ Earl O. Bradley, III                    Chief Executive Officer and                  June 16, 2008
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Earl O. Bradley, III                        (principal executive officer)



/s/ Patrick C. Greenwell                    Chief Financial Officer and                  June 16, 2008
- ---------------------------                 Secretary
Patrick C. Greenwell                        (principal financial and
                                            accounting officer)



/s/ William G. Beach                        Director                                     June 16, 2008
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William G. Beach


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/s/ Vernon M. Carrigan                      Director                                     June 16, 2008
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Vernon M. Carrigan



/s/ Robert E. Durrett, III                  Director                                     June 16, 2008
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Robert E. Durrett, III



/s/ John T. Halliburton                     President and Director                       June 16, 2008
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John T. Halliburton



/s/ William Lawson Mabry                    Director                                     June 16, 2008
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William Lawson Mabry



/s/ William H. Orgain                       Director                                     June 16, 2008
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William H. Orgain



/s/ Michael E. Wallace                      Director                                     June 16, 2008
- ---------------------------
Michael E. Wallace



/s/ David L. Watson                         Director                                     June 16, 2008
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David L. Watson



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                                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


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                                                                                                 Sequentially
                                                                                                   Numbered
         Exhibit No.                    Description               Method of Filing              Page Location
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             5.0                   Opinion of Kilpatrick           Filed herewith.                   10
                                       Stockton LLP
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             10.1                 First Advantage Bancorp        Incorporated herein
                                2008 Equity Incentive Plan          by reference.
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             10.2                Form of Restricted Stock          Filed herewith.                   12
                                      Award Agreement
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             10.3                 Form of Incentive Stock          Filed herewith.                   16
                                  Option Award Agreement
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             10.4                  Form of Non-Statutory           Filed herewith.                   21
                                    Stock Option Award
                                         Agreement
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             23.1                  Consent of Kilpatrick      Contained in the Opinion,
                                       Stockton LLP            included as Exhibit 5.
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             23.2                   Consent of BKD LLP             Filed herewith.                   26
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              24                     Power of Attorney             Located on the
                                                                   signature page.
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