The cast of Summer House was ready to go big for the show's milestone 10th season. "99 percent of reality shows don't make it past one season," Carl Radke tells Us Weekly exclusively during the cast's first interviews ahead of the February 3 premiere. "99.9 percent don't make it to two seasons. I just feel very lucky. So the mindset [going into the summer was], 'Let's send it, let's have fun. Let's not leave anything not discussed, turn over every stone, and let's just have the most fun we can have, because we've never known how long this is gonna go.'" The Bravo hit premiered in January 2017, introducing fans to Carl, Kyle Cooke and Lindsay Hubbard. Most (including Us) also consider Amanda Batula an OG as she tiptoed around the cameras during the inaugural season before becoming a cast member on season 2 amid her relationship with Kyle. During season 5, Ciara Miller joined the group and made a quick impact. Season 8 additions Jesse Solomon and West Wilson helped solidify that this show wasn't going anywhere. "We've had tons of people come and go," Kyle says. "But Jesse and West are now entering their third year, which is an amazing feat for guys on this show. They've become some of our best friends." Summer House's BravoCon Panel Reflected on Paige DeSorbo's Departure Season 10 raises the stakes in several ways, with Kyle and Amanda's four-year marriage at a "crossroads" (to use her words). "I was just super proud going in - with me and Amanda, and how candid and open and honest we've been historically, but especially season 10," Kyle tells Us weeks before the twosome announced their decision to separate on Monday, January 19. "[Across the whole group], you had existing friendships and existing romantic partners confront some of the challenges that threw them off course, for lack of a better way to put it. And you see some forgiveness, willingness to forget and truly try to restore and rekindle. I think that's pretty unique. I feel like you don't get a lot of that on reality TV these days. It's oftentimes what kills a show - people just incapable of trying to evolve and move on." Summer House season 10 premieres on Bravo Tuesday, February 3, at 8 p.m. ET. In honor of the milestone season, which also includes six newbies, we'll be rolling out interviews all week. Below, the legacy group reflects on how far they've come and their best moments with Us: Ciara Miller "When I first walked into Summer House my first season, I was 24 ... truly a baby," Ciara says, noting she turned 30 not long after the latest season wrapped. "[At] almost 30, I'm on some real grown New York City s***. I genuinely feel like I've grown up on this show and really come into my own over the past few years. I've moved through so many different stages in the last six seasons." Best moment: "Over the past six seasons, my fondest memories will always be the late night giggles. The nights we stay in, pile into one bed and end up laughing at each other. Or when the usual bed bugs lock in for an impromptu late night gossip session." Carl Radke "How different did it feel from season 1 to season 10?" Carl asks back to Us, nearly at a loss of words to describe his 29-year-old self vs. the 40-year-old man he is today. "A lot happens in 10, 11 years. [During season 1], I was naive, I was immature, I was drunk, I was coked up, I was not my finest self. And then season 10, I'm sober and in a little bit of a better place. I'm still very flawed, and have a lot of things I'm still working on and trying to be a better person. But I'm the same person. It's just that I've grown up." Carl Radke Kareem Black/Bravo Best moment: "Season 5, I came back after my brother Curtis' funeral. It was during Covid and I couldn't go up to Kyle or anybody and hug them. But I came into the house and I came up to the balcony of my room looking out to the backyard, and everybody's screaming, 'Carl!' I got chills right now just telling you that. Kyle, Amanda, Ciara, Lindsay, even Paige, Hannah, Stravy, Danielle - the whole gang rallied around me, and I was going through a really difficult time. Being back in that house is one thing that kept me alive. I really believe I got that call that day for two reasons: My brother wanted to help people, and his story [with addiction] has helped people, and then secondarily, for me, I wasn't alone in New York City, in my apartment when I got that call. I was in a house with my best friends. And I was in a dark place back then, and I was suicidal at times. I was drinking myself and doing drugs into oblivion. So being there that day and around that time literally, I think, saved my life." Lindsay Hubbard "To think, 'Holy cow, we've been doing this for 10 years,' [is crazy]," Lindsay, who joined the group for three weekends as she balanced filming and raising daughter Gemma, tells Us. "The fact that I have a kid [now] and that we somehow come up with new things to talk about every year is even crazier." Lindsay notes that she was "still gett